The Ministry of Environment and Water supported the national children's drawing competition "Children - Guardians of the Planet", organized by two private kindergartens in the capital city - "Bobche Topche" and "Veseloto Gardzhe", with the support of the Bulgarian Association of Private Schools. The initiative aims to encourage free creative expre...

On April 22 we celebrate the global initiative for the 55th time On April 22, we celebrate Earth Day with the theme “Our energy, our planet”. Mass unification of people has always been at the heart of Earth Day and is the catalyst for a change in mindset, because when people unite with a common goal, they can overcome even the grea...

The Minister of Environment and Water Manol Genov signed a contract for the construction of a regional system for separate collection and recycling of biodegradable waste for the municipalities of Lovech, Letnitsa, and Ugarchin. The total amount of the investment is 6.14 million BGN. The grant provided by the Environment Programme 2021-2027 (EP) i...

Young researchers impressed with green ideas for the future – from smart pillows to edible cups High school students from all over Bulgaria took part in the student competition "Young Researchers 2025", which the University of Food Technology (UFT) - Plovdiv organized with the support of the National Program "Education with Science" of t...

The Minister of Environment and Water Manol Genov joined the initiative by children from the schools in the Elin Pelin municipality and planted a tree together with them. The initiative "Children's Forest", during the Week of the Forest, includes 1800 children who are planting an oak forest on the land of Novi Han near Sofia today. The large-scale...

A total of 100 passenger cars for operations and six water tanks for extinguishing fires with helicopters were received today by the General Directorate of Fire Safety and Civil Protection (GDFSCP) at a ceremony at the Central Warehouse of the Fire Department in the village of Lokorsko. The specialized firefighting equipment and machinery was purc...

On April 8, 2025, during the regular monitoring of the Egyptian vulture species in the Eastern Rhodopes region, which the Bulgarian Society for the Protection of Birds (BSPB) conducts, an ornithologist from the association visited the area where one of the pairs of the species nests near Momchilgrad. Initially, the pair was observed flying over th...

  The system capacity increase to be funded by the Environment Program 2021-2027. The Minister of Environment and Water Manol Genov and the Mayor of Dryanovo Trifon Panchev signed a contract for the upgrade of the capacity of the composting plant for separately collected biodegradable municipal waste of the municipality. The investment ...

The Managing Authority for the Environment Programme 2021-2027 (EMA) held the Ninth Meeting of the program’s Monitoring Committee (MC) online. The host of the working forum was the Minister of Environment and Water and Head of the MA Manol Genov. “Each of the topics on today meeting’s agenda concerns different measures, the ultim...

The Ministry of Environment and Water received two awards in the "Best Administration 2024" competition, organized by the University of National and World Economy (UNWE). The awards for the Ministry of Environment and Water are in the categories "Administration Efficiency " and "Ethical Behavior, Openness, and Transparency" and were presented at a ...

  The projects aim to reduce fine particulate matter emissions The Minister of Environment and Water Manol Genov signed two contracts for funding projects for the implementation of green measures in urban environments for cleaner air - with the Mayor of Burgas Municipality Dimitar Nikolov and the Mayor of Pleven Municipality Dr. Valentin...

The Black Sea Region Basin Directorate (BSRBD) received the results from the examination of water samples taken on March 31, 2025. At all three locations where sampling was carried out, a visible film on the surface of the water and a characteristic odor of petroleum products were detected. The results for all three samples show the presence of pet...