By invitation of the President of the U.S. Naval War College, Rear Admiral Jeff Harley, on 6 September 2016 the Rector of Nikola Vaptsarov Naval Academy, Commodore Prof. DSc Boyan Mednikarov paid an official visit to the U.S. Naval War College in Newport, Rhode Island. Prof. Thomas Mangold - Dean, International Programmes, Prof. Thomas Culora [...]
For the second year in a row Naval Home Station Varna hosted the Armed Forces Volleyball Championship. From 30 August to 2 September 2016, the team selections of the Army, Air Force, Navy, Vasil Levski National Military University, and Nikola Vaptsarov Naval Academy, as well as teams from Logistics Brigrade, Military Unit 34570 – Karlovo, [...]
On 7 September 2016 at 8 o’clock, the Bulgarian barquentine Kaliakra set sail from the Passenger Terminal of the Port of Varna to participate in the Tall Ships 2016 Regatta. Military cadets and civilian students, boys and girls from Nikola Vaptsarov Naval Academy embarked on the legendary sail ship to gain some hands-on experience at [...]
On 10 August 2016, Commander Gabriele Belfiore – commanding officer of the Italian sailing ship Palinuro (A 5311) paid a courtesy call to Nikola Vaptsarov Naval Academy. He was accompanied by the honorary consul of the Reoublic of Italy in the city of Varna – Antonio Tarquinio, Captain (N) Marco Fausto – representative of the [...]
On 9 August 2016, the captain of the Greek training ship HS Prometheus – Commander Konstantinos Syropoulos and officers of the ship’s wardroom visited Nikola Vaptsarov Naval Academy. The guests were met by Commodore Prof. DSc Boyan Mednikarov – Rector of the Naval Academy. During their visit the Greek officers discussed the specificity of the [...]
On 12 August 2016, Lieutenant General Mark O. Schissler – Deputy Chairman, NATO Military Committee, was on an official visit at Nikola Vaptsarov Naval Academy. He was accompanied by the Deputy Chief of Defence of the Republic of Bulgaria – Vice Admiral Emil Eftimov, and Rear Admiral Mitko Petev – the Commander of the Navy. [...]
On 2 August 2016, an ad-hoc commission for the selection of the cadets from the class of 2016 to their new positions sat at Nikola Vaptsarov Naval Academy. The members of the commission were met by the Rector of the Academy – Commodore Prof. DSc Boyan Mednikarov, Captain Prof. Dr Kalin Kalinov – Vice Rector [...]
On 29 July 2016, some Nikola Vaptsarov Naval Academy cadets returned from Mircea cel Batran Naval Academy, Romania. Their visit had been under the DECOMAR programme. It allows exchange of academic staff, military cadets and civilian students from Nikola Vaptsarov Naval Academy, the Polish Naval Academy in Gdynia, the Turkish Maritime Academy, and Mircea cel [...]
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 [...]
