{"id":43912,"date":"2026-07-16T18:00:21","date_gmt":"2026-07-16T16:00:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/prizrenpost.com\/en\/the-bulgarian-contingent-joins-kfor-to-strengthen-security-in-kosovo\/"},"modified":"2026-07-16T18:00:21","modified_gmt":"2026-07-16T16:00:21","slug":"the-bulgarian-contingent-joins-kfor-to-strengthen-security-in-kosovo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prizrenpost.com\/en\/the-bulgarian-contingent-joins-kfor-to-strengthen-security-in-kosovo\/","title":{"rendered":"The Bulgarian contingent joins KFOR to strengthen security in Kosovo"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/prizrenpost.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/bullgaria-kfor-kosove-1.jpg\" style=\"width:100%;height:auto;margin-bottom:20px\"><\/p>\n<p>A contingent of 97 Bulgarian soldiers, mainly from the Second Mechanized Brigade &#8220;Tundja&#8221;, has left Stara Zagora to join KFOR&#8217;s peacekeeping operation in Kosovo.<\/p>\n<p>Assigned to the Western Regional Command, the soldiers will be deployed to the &#8220;Villaggio Italia&#8221; base, where for six months they will carry out patrolling, surveillance and security support missions in their area of responsibility. reports &#8220;bnrnews.bg&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>According to Vladko Vladov, head of the Political Cabinet of the Bulgarian Minister of Defense, this participation proves Bulgaria&#8217;s commitment to NATO operations and maintaining stability in the Western Balkans.<\/p>\n<p>The Commander of the Bulgarian Land Forces, Major General Deyan Deshkov, recalled that the country&#8217;s military personnel have participated in the Alliance&#8217;s mission in Kosovo for 26 years, winning during rotations a strong reputation for discipline and professionalism.<\/p>\n<p>Before departure, members of the contingent received an icon of Saint George, the patron saint of the Bulgarian army, which was presented to them by the deputy mayor of the Municipality of Stara Zagora, Milena Jeleva, as a sign of support for their mission.<\/p>\n<hr style=\"margin:30px 0\">\n<p style=\"font-size:13px;color:#666\">Source: <strong>prizrenpost<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A contingent of 97 Bulgarian soldiers, mainly from the Second Mechanized Brigade &#8220;Tundja&#8221;, has left Stara Zagora to join KFOR&#8217;s peacekeeping operation in Kosovo. Assigned to the Western Regional Command, the soldiers will be deployed to the &#8220;Villaggio Italia&#8221; base, where for six months they will carry out patrolling, surveillance and security support missions in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":43913,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[666],"class_list":["post-43912","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-national","tag-brief"],"views":9,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/prizrenpost.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43912","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/prizrenpost.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/prizrenpost.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prizrenpost.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prizrenpost.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=43912"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/prizrenpost.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43912\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":43914,"href":"https:\/\/prizrenpost.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43912\/revisions\/43914"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prizrenpost.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/43913"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/prizrenpost.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=43912"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prizrenpost.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=43912"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prizrenpost.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=43912"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}