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The Minister of State for the Armed Forces of the UK Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Mr. Leo Docherty was an official guest of the Rakovski National Defence College (RNDC). He delivered a lecture to the teaching staff and students from RNDC where he focused on strengthening of the bilateral relations between Bulgaria and the…

The new year 2024 began with an interesting record for the English language training at Rakovski National Defence College: a total of 54 trainees from the Ministry of Defense and various structures directly subordinate to the Minister of Defense and The Bulgarian army are trained in five English language qualification courses, not only by the…

In execution of an order of the Minister of Defence and funded by NATO’s Defense Education Enhancement Program (DEEP) programme, twenty-three Ukrainian instructors – military personnel from different higher military-educational institutions in Ukraine participated in an English language course at Rakovski National Defense College (RNDC) in the period 23.10.2023 – 15.12.2023. Certificates of successful completion…

Rakovski National Defence College organizes an International Semester with cadets and students from partner military universities under the EU’s Erasmus + programme for the third time. On 8 March 2022 we welcomed 15 cadets from the Land Forces Academy “Nicolae Balchescu” in Sibiu, Romania. Eight cadets are on traineeship and will spend two months at…

The Commandant of Rakovski National Defence College, Major General Grudi Angelov, PhD, took part in the ceremony of raising the national flag in front of the Monument to the Unknown Soldier and in the ceremonial inspection of troops and fireworks illumination at the National Assembly Square, Sofia, on the occasion of 3rd March  – the…

In the spirit of the Revival tradition to pay special respect to our heroes, a ritual of presenting flowers was held to honour the feat and sacrifice of the Apostle of Bulgarian freedom Vasil Levski at his monument in the park of Rakovski National Defence College. On November 26, 2016, the monument was unveiled on…

From 17 to 19 November, 2021, teachers of English from the National Defence Academy of Georgia – Lali Kurdadze and Lana Gigauri – visited Rakovski National Defence College (RNDC). Their visit was funded by the European Union’s Erasmus+ Programme for teaching mobility. The Georgian colleagues met the lecturers from the Language Training Department and exchanged…

On November 11, 2021, the Language Training Department at Rakovski National Defence College celebrated its 70th anniversary. The celebration was held in a hybrid format in compliance with all anti-epidemic measures, and some of the participants and guests joined through the MS Teams online platform. Among the special guests were veteran teachers and representatives of…