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# Bulgaria and Latvia receive first payments under the EU's SAFE defence instrument
- URL: https://sovereigntymonitor.eu/news/2026-08-28-bulgaria-latvia-safe-first-payment/
- Published: 2026-08-28T12:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-09-01T10:49:42.000Z
- Description: Bulgaria received its first SAFE payment of EUR 489.3 million (15 percent of its EUR 3.3 billion allocation) and Latvia EUR 524.7 million (15 percent of its EUR 3.5 billion allocation), both on 28 August 2026, under the EU's EUR 150 billion defence loan instrument.
- Author: Reidar Balstad
- Tags: Defence and space, #news, #reported

Reported [BTA (Bulgarian News Agency), 28 August 2026](https://www.bta.bg/en/news/world/1194015-bulgaria-receives-first-eur-489-3-mln-payment-under-eu-safe-defence-instrument?ref=sovereigntymonitor.eu)

**What it does not test.** Does not establish how the funds will be spent or that any procurement contract has been signed; a loan tranche is disbursed, not equipment delivered, and the figures come from a national news agency citing the Commission rather than the Commission's own page.

**How this item counts.** No movement: no answer to who owns, who operates, whose law governs or who made the parts changes. Weight 0\. First loan tranches paid to 2 states; procurement/supplier decisions still open. [European Sovereignty Index](https://sovereigntymonitor.eu/sovereignty-index/)