EU Council Clears Path for Financial Assistance to Strengthen Bulgaria’s Defence Capabilities 2026

Balgarianovinite.com The Council of the EU Wednesday said that the Foreign Affairs Council with defence ministers approved financial assistance under SAFE, available to eight EU Member States: Bulgaria, Belgium,  Cyprus, Denmark, Spain, Croatia, Portugal and Romania. The amount allocated for Bulgaria is up to nearly EUR 3.3 billion.
The decision follows the European Commission’s positive assessment of the Member States’ National Defence Investment Plans. It paves the way for the first wave of long-term loans to be released by the Commission, which enables the participating countries to acquire modern defence equipment, the Council said.
Last year, the European Commission confirmed it is prepared to support the rearmament of Europe with up to EUR 800 billion, of which EUR 150 billion is earmarked for joint procurement in the defence sector. Following Wednesday’s decision, the Commission will conclude loan agreements with the Member States concerned. The pre-financing payments are expected to be disbursed in a month’s time. EU Council Clears Path for Financial Assistance to Strengthen Bulgaria’s Defence Capabilities 2026 THE NEWS FROM BULGARIA – NEWS AGENCY 2009-2025 2026-02-11 18:44:17 Latest news World news Country news Most important news latest news most important latest of the day Justice Petar Nizamov Feathers Petar Nizamov- Feathers Justice bg iustitia.bg iustitia iusticia usticia investigation Burgas Bulgaria news news of the last hour news of the day news of today Bulgaria news The news from Bulgaria blitz news top news most important most commented latest news Boyko Borisov news weather coronavirus news news weather facebook youtube facebook instagram news today news of the last minutes news today today news news bg news leading news hot news bg news site for news all news news bg news of the last hour latest latest news bg news of today news today news today news of the last hour latest news today news bg news news 24 hours news vesti bg novini news world bird bg bivol bg bivol trud bg novini latest news today novinite bg news hello bulgaria political party coat of arms delyan peevski scandalous Bulgarian National Television Free Europe Television scandal exclusive live tv live right now tv tv online tv program bg live now tv news online tv online live court Burgas court Burgas district court Burgas court Burgas district court Burgas district court Burgas appellate court Burgas prosecutor Burgas prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Prosecutor General Ivan Geshev Prosecutor Geshev Tsatsarov Ministry of Internal Affairs Burgas ODMR Burgas ODPR Burgas police Burgas district police Burgas prosecutor Tsatsarov SGS cases Varna court chairman of the SGS court decisions on civil cases decisions on cases Plovdiv court decision of the court decisions cases Varna court criminal cases district district court decisions work in the court SGS chairman of the SGS judges Sofia court post judges Plovdiv court Plovdiv judges Plovdiv Supreme Court Inspectorate Supreme Court Supreme Judicial Council lawyer lawyer criminal cases lawyer civil cases lawyer marriage cases lawyer administrative criminal law criminal process civil law civil process administrative law constitutional law