In the course of one academic semester, seven graduate students from the Naval Academy of the Republic of Poland studied at Nikola Vaptsarov Naval Academy under the student mobility programme of Erasmus+. Their course was taught in the period from 5 October 2016 to 24 January 2017. During this time they obtained all the credits [...]
On 18 January 2017, an official ceremony was conducted in the Ceremonial Hall at the Ministry of Defence for the formal transfer of the position of Chief of Defence. Vice Admiral Evtimov was born on 16 August 1961 in Varna, In 1979 he finished the Secondary School of Mathematics in the city and started his [...]
On 22 January 2017, the United States Naval Academy, Annapolis, USA, opened its Leadership Conference. The topic areas of the discussion-based forum for young people concern the fostering of team spirit. The organisers strive to guide the conference participants towards the mastery of skills for the use of the force of the initiative and organizational [...]
On 6 January we celebrate the Epiphany, the baptism of Jesus Christ in the river Jordan. The celebration traditionally culminates with winter swimmers competing to retrieve a cross from the sea. On this day the military flags were given a solemn clerical blessing despite the gale, the snow and the freezing temperatures in Varna. Nikola [...]
Nikola Vaptsarov Naval Academy, as regional representative of the EU group of maritime universities in the niternational executive board of the International Association of Maritime Universities (IAMU), is a regular participants at the meetings of the organisation’s Executive Board. The work of the board commenced on 24 October 2016 in Haiphong, the Socialist Republic of [...]
The national award of Student of the Year was established in 2006 at the initiative of the delegates to the General Assembly of the National Association of Student Unions in the Republic of Bulgaria. This year’s 10th edition is conducted under the auspices of the minister of education and science. The contest aims to popularise [...]
On 10 August 2016, Commander Gabriele Belfiore – commanding officer of the Italian sailing ship Palinuro (A 5311) paid a courtesy call to Nikola Vaptsarov Naval Academy. He was accompanied by the honorary consul of the Reoublic of Italy in the city of Varna – Antonio Tarquinio, Captain (N) Marco Fausto – representative of the [...]
On 9 August 2016, the captain of the Greek training ship HS Prometheus – Commander Konstantinos Syropoulos and officers of the ship’s wardroom visited Nikola Vaptsarov Naval Academy. The guests were met by Commodore Prof. DSc Boyan Mednikarov – Rector of the Naval Academy. During their visit the Greek officers discussed the specificity of the [...]
On 12 August 2016, Lieutenant General Mark O. Schissler – Deputy Chairman, NATO Military Committee, was on an official visit at Nikola Vaptsarov Naval Academy. He was accompanied by the Deputy Chief of Defence of the Republic of Bulgaria – Vice Admiral Emil Eftimov, and Rear Admiral Mitko Petev – the Commander of the Navy. [...]
On 2 August 2016, an ad-hoc commission for the selection of the cadets from the class of 2016 to their new positions sat at Nikola Vaptsarov Naval Academy. The members of the commission were met by the Rector of the Academy – Commodore Prof. DSc Boyan Mednikarov, Captain Prof. Dr Kalin Kalinov – Vice Rector [...]
