On April 28, 2021 the Charge d`Affaires at the Republic of Kosovo in Bulgaria HE Delfin Pllana and Prof. Dr. Edmond Hajrizi – founder and president of the University for Business and Technology in Prishtina, Kosovo visited “Prof. Tsvetan Lazarov” Defence Institute. They were welcomed by the Director, Colonel Dr. Dimitar Kirkov, the Deputy Director, Colonel Assoc. Prof. Dr. Nikolai Stoianov, Prof. Dr. Yantsislav Yanakiev and Assoc. Prof. Dr. Rosen Iliev - Secretary of the Scientific Council.

Recently the NATO Science and Technology Organization (STO) bestowed the Bulgarian Principal Human Factors and Medicine (HFM) Panel Principal member Prof. Dr Sc. Yantsislav Yanakiev from the Bulgarian Defence Institute “Prof. Tsvetan Lazarov” two Panel Excellence Awards. Colonel Assoc. Prof. Dr. Nikolai Stoianov – the Bulgarian Principal member in NATO Science and Technology Board presented the awards to Prof. Yanakiev.

On the 1 of October, 2020 a European project "Boosting the scientific excellence and innovation capacity in Cyber security of the Professor Tsvetan Lazarov Bulgarian Defence Institute" (CyNET *) was started. It is part of the National Programme "European Scientific Networks", which aims to:

• networking and partnership with foreign leading universities and scientific organizations;

• improving the capacity in the research field in terms of preparation of doctoral and postdoctoral programs, as well as project management;