16 experts from Bulgaria, Lithuania, Poland, the USA and Ukraine held a seminar on cyber security at Nikola Vaptsarov Naval Academy. The instructor of the training was commander Phil Starkovic of the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis. The goal was to prepare a cybersecurity program for students at the Naval Institute at the Odessa Maritime [...]
This months` newsletter invites you to our final conference! he European Conference on Communicative Approach is being hosted by the PraC-MARENG partnership. The partnership is involved in a EU funded project entitled PraC-MARENG (www.prac-mareng.com) will present a platform for the training of seafarers in MARITIME ENGLISH across Europe by enabling practical and communicative approach with [...]
The head of "N. Y. Vaptsarov" Naval Academy - flotilla admiral Prof. D.M.Sc. Boyan Mednikarov met with the Minister of Shipping and Maritime Policy of Greece - Ioannis Plakiotakis. During the visit, which took place on November 14, 2022, in Piraeus, Admiral Mednikarov, together with the Vice-Rector International programs of NVNA - Captain (N) Assoc. [...]
Within a Erasmus+ project MINE-EMI an intesive programme for higher education learners C5: "Practical Training in Port and Ship Operations" with hosting partners : MARINE CLUSTER Bulgaria and NIKOLA VAPTSAROV NAVAL ACADEMY - Varna was held in the period 07-11.03. Twelve students from four countries were welcomed and began training on the MINE-EMI project at Nikola Vapstarov [...]
The leadership of Nikola Vaptsarov Naval Academy is congratulating Professor Cornel Panait on the occasion of his 70th anniversary. Prof. Panait was born on March 25, 1951. He graduated from "Mircea Batran" high school in Constanta in 1970 and received a bachelor's degree from the Faculty of Electrical Engineering of the Polytechnic University in Bucharest [...]
The Ambassadors of the USA – H.E. Herro Mustafa, of Georgia – H.E. Tamara Liluashvili, and of Romania – H.E. Ion Galea, visited Nikola Vaptsarov Naval Academy on 20 July 2020. Among the distinguished visitors were also the Deputy Prime Minister for public order and security and Defence Minister – Mr Krasimir Karakachanov, the Chief [...]
With an official ceremony, the Rector of Nikola Vaptsarov Naval Academy – Flotilla Admiral Prof Boyan Mednikarov, said goodbye to the Polish cadets who had been training at the Academy under the Erasmus+ programme. In front of the ranks on the parade ground, the flag of the Republic of Poland, which had been hoisted on [...]
On 02 April 2020, Nikola Vaptsarov Naval Academy started a course in Basic Safety for 95 foreign trainees. For the first time the course will be conducted in a virtual environment, which will be monitored by Maritime Administration by means of dedicated accounts. The trainees are subdivided into 4 groups, and classes are scheduled in [...]
Third-year military student Venelin Neshev is among the 18 chosen youth ambassadors to NATO for 2020. Youth Ambassadors to NATO is a project by NATO and the Bulgarian Euro Atlantic Youth Club for 16 young leaders and innovators interested in diplomacy, international politics and security. The programme goes on for 12 months, and within that [...]
Nikola Vaptsarov Naval Academy and G. S. Rakovski Defence and Staff College are launching a joint project for training cadets in the major of Organization and management of military units on the tactical level with a specialisation in Naval Logistics. The admission campaign for the academic year of 2020/2021 is already underway. The applicants are [...]
