Published by Global Banking and Finance Review
Posted on September 1, 2025
1 min readLast updated: January 22, 2026
The EU confirmed GPS jamming of von der Leyen's plane en route to Bulgaria, suspecting Russian interference. The plane landed safely.
BRUSSELS (Reuters) -The GPS system of European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen's plane was jammed while en route Sunday to Bulgaria, an EU spokesperson said on Monday, confirming earlier media reports.
"We can indeed confirm that there was GPS jamming, but the plane landed safely in Bulgaria. We have received information from the Bulgarian authorities that they suspect that this was due to blatant interference by Russia," the spokesperson said.
(Reporting by Bart Meijer, Writing by Charlotte Van Campenhout, Editing by Benoit Van Overstraeten)
The GPS system of Ursula von der Leyen's plane was jammed while en route to Bulgaria.
Bulgarian authorities suspect that the GPS jamming was due to blatant interference from Russia.
Yes, despite the GPS jamming, the plane landed safely in Bulgaria.
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