Deputy Minister Reneta Koleva presented the awards by the Ministry of Environment and Water to nine schools from the country for the prize-winning ranking of their projects in the 16th National Student Competition "Ambassadors of Health", organized by the Ministry of Health. In addition to diplomas, the winners from the first age group also receive...

The next edition of the educational initiative "Green Olympics" is scheduled to begin on December 4. The campaign is traditionally supported by the Ministry of Environment and Water and aims to foster ecological culture among adolescents. In 2024, the theme of the Olympics will be climate change. The questions are dedicated to this topic, as well ...

The Minister of Environment and Water Petar Dimitrov met with the Mayor of Pleven and the municipal leadership to discuss the water supply problem The water regime in the municipality of Pleven is canceled as announced after a regular operational meeting of the municipal leadership of Pleven this morning, whereby the Minister of Environment and Wa...

After an action by the Central Balkan National Park Directorate and the Ministry of Interior, coercive actions have been taken against the violator The Central Balkan National Park Directorate and the Ministry of Interior found in the Dzhendema reserve scattered remains of dead farm animals and an illegally placed van with a surveillance camera an...

In the context of climate change, restoring irrigation infrastructure is an even more critical task Minister of Environment and Water Petar Dimitrov took part in the twelfth edition of the National Agro-Seminar, organized by the National Association of Grain Producers, which is celebrating its 18th anniversary. This year, the theme of the seminar,...

The main reasons for the shortage of valuable natural water resources are the huge water losses in the water supply network, which in some places amount to over 80%, and in the irrigation systems, where water losses reach 90%. A meeting of the Supreme Advisory Council on Water (SACW) was held today at the Ministry of Environment and Water, chaired...

The Directorate General for Fire Safety and Population Protection Received the new equipment The Directorate General for Fire Safety and Population Protection (DGFSPP) demonstrated the newly delivered forest fire extinguishing equipment purchased under the Environment Program at an event to mark the progress in the implementation of the project &l...

At around 3 am Bulgarian time on Sunday, 24 November, the 29th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) - COP29 officially ended. A number of texts, discussed by almost 200 countries during the two weeks of the conference, were adopted. The most important among these texts is the decision on a ...

Deputy Minister Reneta Koleva participated in the award ceremony for the winners of the Fifth Edition of the "EcoMunicipality" Competition The Ministry of Environment and Water supports municipalities in implementing the “pay-as-you-throw” principle. This was made clear by the words of the Deputy Minister of Environment and Water Renet...

Deputy Minister of Environment and Water Reneta Koleva participated in the tenth edition of the Voice It Youth Forum on the topic “Young People, the Environment and Climate Change”, which was held in Sofia. The forum is organized by UNICEF Bulgaria and the National Network for Children (NNC), on a day symbolically chosen - November 20 i...

The Managing Authority of the Environment Program 2021-2027 visited the 3B grade students at 31st Secondary School of Foreign Languages and Management "Ivan Vazov" in Sofia, with their teacher Ms. Anelia Valcheva. During the "Man and Nature" class, dedicated to air, the children learned about the physical properties of air, the main pollutants, and...

The second crucial week of the 29th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP29) began on Monday in Baku, Azerbaijan, and is scheduled to continue until 22 November. The first week of COP29 saw formal and informal negotiations and discussions in the subsidiary bodies of the United Nations Framework...