# Bulgaria expects to join NATO anti-drone initiative this month, minister says

https://mins.news/en/item/99605

- Reuters, 2026-10-14 11:25 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/bulgaria-expects-join-nato-anti-drone-initiative-this-month-says-minister-2026-10-14/?link_source=ta_bluesky_link&taid=6acf6697490a5e0001254da4

> Defence Minister Dimitar Stoyanov said Bulgaria expects to join a NATO anti-drone initiative by the end of October. His remarks came a day after a drone attack sank a cargo vessel off Bulgaria’s Black Sea coast, the second such incident in a week.

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