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Bulgarian national security concerns and advisory calls

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Bulgarian political figures have increasingly called for the convening of the National Security Advisory Council in response to perceived threats to national stability. In August 2026, Deputy Chairman of the National Assembly Atanas Atanasov urged the President to meet following a Russian aircraft flight through Bulgarian airspace. While the flight was officially designated for firefighting assistance, Atanasov suggested the mission may have served intelligence purposes. He also raised concerns regarding potential Iranian threats to European and American targets. By mid-September 2026, the focus intensified on domestic security incidents involving explosions and fires at EMKO ammunition warehouses near Gabrovo and a previous fire near Tryavna. Gabrovo. On September 12, President Iliana Yotova indicated she is considering a security council meeting due to these incidents and meeting, stating a decision would be made within days pending investigation results into a recent fire near the broader context village of conflicts in Ukraine Gorni Varpshta. The President noted that while the security of strategic sites is of national importance, official investigative analyses and expert assessments are required before reaching definitive conclusions. EMKO owner Emilian Gebrev has suggested the Middle East. incidents may be acts of sabotage rather than human error. Presidential candidate Andrey Gyurov has characterized the explosions as a ‘critical threat to national security,’ drawing parallels to recent security breaches at military and logistics sites in Poland, Czechia, the United Kingdom, and the Baltic states. Gyurov, along with political figures such as Ivaylo Mirchev of ‘Da, Bulgaria’, has urged the executive branch and intelligence services to investigate potential sabotage operations and the activity of foreign intelligence networks. These discussions are occurring amidst an ongoing presidential election campaign.

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