Navy Captain (ret.) Todor Yotov has been appointed as governor of Varna, after the incumbent, Stoyan Pasev, was dismissed by a decision of the provisional government. Todor Yotov studied at Nikola Vaptsarov Naval Academy (1977 – 1982). He graduated with the qualification of Engineer – Navigator for the Navy. He also went to the Naval [...]
In the period from 29 January – 2 February 2017, the Rector of Nikola Vaptsarov Naval Academy, Flotilla Admiral Prof. DSc Boyan Mednikarov, took part in a scientific conference organised by the Kuwait Ports Authority and the Arab Academy for Science, Technology and Maritime Transport, Alexandria, Egypt. The conference has had many years of history [...]
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 [...]
Pursuant to Order No KV-19/ 13 January 2017 by the Minister of Defence of the Republic of Bulgaria, in compliance with Presidential Ukase No 6 / 09 January 2017, the first flag officer rank of commodore in the Navy shall be renamed into ‘flotilla admiral’, effective from 16 January 2017.
The Rector of Nikola Vaptsarov Naval Academy – Flotilla Admiral Prof. DSC Boyan Mednikarov, paid a visit to the Maritime Univeristy of Piri Reis in Tuzla, Turkey. In the period from 10 to 13 January 2017, he had a number of meetings and held discussions with members of the academic leadership of the university, professors [...]
On 9 January 2017 we marked the 136th anniversary of the establishment of the first technical education institution in the country. It was the forerunner of Nikola Vaptsarov Naval Academy, its successor. At 11.30 a.m. in front of the central building of the Academy, this historical date was honoured in the presence of many guests, [...]
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 [...]
