From 25 July to 29 July 2016, there was a Seamanship Training Camp in Constanta, Romania, with the participation of cadets from Nikola Vaptsarov Naval Academy. It was organised as part of the cadet exchange programme between the two countries. Following a visit by trainees from Mircea cel Batran Naval Academy to the camp of [...]
On 06 August 2016, the Centre for Integrated Management and Monitoring of the Coastal Zone, related to the Integrated Information System for Support of the Coastal Zone Management project was officially opened at Nikola Vaptsarov Naval Academy. Mr Boyko Borisov – Prime Minister of the Republic of Bulgaria, was invited to the ceremony by the [...]
On 13 August 2015 (Saturday) at 10.00 o’clock in Hall 1 of the Festival and Congress Centre – Varna, there was an official graduation ceremony for the students of the Class of 2016 of Nikola Vaptsarov Naval Academy to receive their diplomas. The hall was full to the brim with students and their families, friends, [...]
On 28 July 2016, Colonel James W. Crowhurst, US defence attaché to Bulgaria, paid an official visit to Nikola Vaptsarov Naval Academy. The purpose of his visit was to introduce Commander Michael Zimmerman – the acting naval attaché of USA to Bulgaria. The visitors were met by Commodore Prof DSc Boyan Mednikarov. He made a [...]
The third-year cadets Nikolay Genov, Todor Nedevski, Sevgin Yumer, Todor Popov, and Georgi Dimitrov have returned from overseas practical training at the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland. Their training included a theoretical course for familiarisation with the specificity of shipboard service, as well as a period at sea. During their seagoing time the [...]
By invitation from the Commandant of the Polish Naval Academy in Gdynia, several second and fourth-year Nikola Vaptsarov Naval Academy cadets, led by Lieutenant CommanderPetar Klimov, from 5 June to 10 July 2016 took part in the annual seagoing training on board the training ship Wodnik from the Navy of the Republic of Poland. The [...]
On 23 July 2016 (Saturday), it was 74 years since the shooting of Nikola Yonkov Vaptsarov, the namesake of the Naval Academy. On this date the Academy hosts a solemn wreath laying ceremony before the poet’s monument. Commodore Prof DSc Boyan Mednikarov, the rector of Nikola Vaptsarov Naval Academy, met the official guests, who included [...]
On 28 June 2016, the fifth annual NATO conference on defence education – NATO Clearing House 2016 – officially began at Nikola Vaptsarov Naval Academy. The international forum was opened by the Deputy Minister of Defence, Dimitar Kuymyurdzhiev. He greeted the participants from 23 NATO member states attending the annual conference, and emphasised on the [...]
April. Naval Academy Commandant meets with Vietnam-based section of Naval Academy Alumni Association.
The Commandant of Nikola Vaptsarov Naval Academy, Captain (N) Prof DSc Boyan Mednikarov, took part in the work of the extraordinary Executive Board of the International Association of Maritime Universities (IAMU), convened on 16 and 17 February 2016 in Tokyo, Japan The Board commenced its work on 16 February 2016 with an address by the [...]
