“I believe that it is through this type of initiatives that we will upgrade the system for separate waste collection and help change consumer attitudes, because the incentives that are provided will engage and ‘wake up’ the majority of cursomers to a more responsible attitude towards the environment. This will also put an ...

  The process of developing specific and detailed nature protection objectives for the protected areas of the “Natura 2000” network continues. The MOEW published for public discussion specific and detailed nature protection objectives for 21 new protected areas. Conservation objectives must be met in a given area to ensure the lon...

  Employees from the Regional Environment and Water Inspectorate in Pleven cleaned the “Skobelev Park” in the city of Pleven today. The initiative is part of the “Let’s put an end to pollution” campaign by the MOEW. The Deputy Minister of Environment and Water Petar Dimitrov participated in the cleaning. Activit...

  During the UN High-level Conference “Water for Sustainable Development” at the UN headquarters in New York, the Minister of Environment and Water Rositsa Karamfilova participated in the general debate on the review of the implementation of the goals of the International Decade of Action “Water for Sustainable Development&r...

  The Minister of Environment and Water Rositsa Karamfilova participated in a high-level interactive dialogue on the topic “Water for Climate, Sustainability, and Environment”. During the UN High-Level Conference "Water for Sustainable Development" at the UN headquarters in New York, Minister Rositsa Karamfilova participated in a ...

  The Minister of Environment and Water Rositsa Karamfilova participated at the UN High-level conference “Water for Sustainable Development”. The event takes place at the headquarters of the United Nations in New York and was officially launched today - March 22, when we also mark the World Water Day. Minister Karamfilova will pa...

  Teams from the regional structures of the Ministry of Environment and Water - the Executive Agency for Environment (EIA), the Regional Inspections for the Environment and Water (RIEWs), the Basin Directorates (BDs), and the Directorates of National Parks (DNPs) will clean up waste-polluted areas. The activities are organized according to a...

  “Bulgaria is facing challenges with improving drinking water quality and wastewater treatment. Our country has commitments to treat waste water in compliance with the EU directive, and there are still agglomerations in which there is no sewage network or a waste water treatment plant. In this respect, a significant resource has been c...

  The Minister of the Environment and Water introduced rules within the Ministry for awarding scientific consultations under the Mechanism for the Award and Implementation of Scientific Consultations by the Bulgarian Academy of Science (BAS), established by a decree of the Council of Ministers from January 2020. The mechanism is to provide sc...

  Every year thousands of people mark World Water Day on March 22nd. The day has been celebrated annually by the United Nations since 1993 with a focus on the importance of water for life on the planet and the need to protect it. The initiative is coordinated by the United Nations Mechanism on Access to Water and draws attention to actions t...

  The second monitoring committee of the “Environment” Program 2021-2027 approved methodologies and evaluation criteria for procedures that will be announced in 2023 in the priorities “Waste”, “Biological diversity”, and “Risk and climate change”. The total budget is around 290 million BGN, aime...

  The Ministry of Health announced the start of the 15th edition of the National Student Competition “Ambassadors of Health”. The purpose of the competition is to promote a healthy lifestyle among young people, emphasizing the prevention of behavioral and health risk factors related to unhealthy eating, low physical activity, alco...