Tomorrow, there will be a working meeting hosted by Prime Minister Boyko Borissov to discuss projects to bring drinking water to Pernik. This was announced by the Minister of Environment and Water Emil Dimitrov after his meeting with the Mayor of the city Stanislav Vladimirov. Workable options have been developed and are to be discussed at the Coun...

In response to speculative public claims by the leader of the Bulgarian Socialist Party Kornelia Ninova that the Minister of Environment and Water has provided a letter with information about 734 thousand tons of waste for the last 5 years, imported from third countries, including hospital waste most likely to be burned, the Ministry of Environment...

In the sectors water and air, problems are being addressed and positive results are a fact. This was said by the Minister of Environment and Water Neno Dimov today during a press briefing on the occasion of a statement by the leader of the Bulgarian Socialist Party (BSP) Kornelia Ninova in respect to environment and water policies.   Under t...

The Minister of Environment and Water Neno Dimov attended the meeting of the EU Council on Environment today in Brussels.   At the meeting, the EU environment and climate policy were discussed for the new legislative period. The debate also focused on the synergy between the European Green Deal and other EU objectives with a view to ensuring...

The site for treatment of plastic waste, which is located on the territory of the village of Yavorets, Gabrovo Municipality, Gabrovo region will not be expanding. On December 16th 2019, the operator of the site "LM Installations" Sole Owner Limited Liability Company submitted a request to the Regional Inspectorate of Environment and Water - Veliko ...

The Minister of Environment and Water Neno Dimov and Chief Commissioner Nikolay Nikolov signed a contract today for upgrading and optimizing the process of prevention, preparedness and response to natural disasters. The project will be implemented by the Directorate General for Fire Safety and Civil Protection at the  Ministry of the Interior ...

Environment and Water Minister Neno Dimov signed an agreement to protect three bat species in Kardzhali. The signing was attended by the Mayor of the Municipality Hassan Azis and Latif Rasim - Chairman of the Management Board of the “Stambolovo-Kardzhali 54” Local Initiative Group.  The project aims to research and bring improveme...

The Minister of Environment and Water Neno Dimov, the Mayor of Haskovo Municipality Stanislav Dechev and the Manager of “Trolleybus Transport” Single Owner LLC  Yordan Panev signed a contract for public electric transport within the Municipality.  The total investment amounts to 6 million BGN, with Operational Program Environ...

Regarding information in the media about the waste, seized by the Italian authorities, loaded on railway wagons intended for Bulgaria, we inform that no official information on the case has been received by the MOEW until the present moment.   Based on the published footage, the waste in question could be classified as mixed waste and should...

An agreement has been reached with the National Association of Municipalities in the Republic of Bulgaria that the payments by municipalities for landfill waste deposition should be gradually increased three times over the next three years to the maximum amount of 95 BGN per ton. This was announced by the Minister of Environment and Water Neno Dimo...

Nearly 1.3 million people will be protected from floods or water shortages with the construction of the National Iskar River Water Management System in real time. The system will be developed under a project funded by Operational Program Environment 2014-2020 and aims to reduce the risk of flooding in 4 of the 116 areas with significant potential r...

The Minister of Environment and Water Neno Dimov will propose a solution that will delay the increase to the maximum amount of the fees that the municipalities are to pay for landfill deposition until the completion of the separation and composting infrastructure. This became clear after a meeting between Minister Dimov and the parliamentary group ...