An international conference on large carnivores was held at the Ministry of Environment and Water (MOEW). This is the fifth meeting of the Dinaric-Balkan-Pindos Large Carnivore Platform #DiBaPi, organised in Sofia on 11-13 June. The main theme of the forum was to discuss and exchange best practices for large carnivore conservation and conflict mit...

The results of the sea water samples taken on 6 June from Bolata Bay and the resort complex of Shkorpilovtsi show no pollution. The data confirmed the good condition of the coastal sea waters announced last week by the Environment and Water Minister Petar Dimitrov. The sampling was carried out at the beginning of the summer season during a joint i...

All citizens can join the white stork counting initiative by sending a completed field form by e-mail to the Environment Executive Agency or using the mobile application and contacts of the Bulgarian Society for Bird Protection In 2024 and 2025, the eighth international counting of the white stork is to be conducted. The counting in our countr...

The MOEW and the directorates of the three national parks in Bulgaria "Rila", "Pirin", and "Central Balkan" received an expert opinion from the Institute of Biodiversity and Ecosystem Research (IBER) at the Bulgarian Academy of Science (BAS) regarding the annual plans for grazing in the three parks for 2024. The opinion was also sent to the Prime M...

The Minister of Environment and Water Petar Dimitrov participated today in the sampling of marine waters in the area of the Shokarov Canal, carried out by the Regional Laboratory - Varna at the Executive Environment Agency within the two-day inspection of the quality of marine waters at the beginning of the summer season. During the inspection he w...

"We are strictly monitoring the condition of coastal sea waters and so far we have not found any deviations from the quality standards," said the Minister of Environment and Water Petar Dimitrov after a joint inspection at the beginning of the summer tourist season on the quality of the sea waters at Shkorpilovtsi beach, jointly with the Minister o...

The results from the implementation of Operational Program "Environment" 2014-2020 were presented. "Bulgaria is active in legislative and political initiatives to preserve high standards in the environment and quality of life, and this is largely due to the successful implementation of the Cohesion Policy of the European Union in the country. We a...

"Today is World Environment Day. It is the most significant international day to promote action in protection of the environment. The message of this year's celebration advocates for environmental change on a global scale, urging people: 'We can be the generation that finally makes peace with the Earth. We can be the generation that restores.&rsqu...

Methodologies and criteria have been approved for the evaluation of procedures under the priorities "Water", "Waste", "Biological diversity" and "Risk and climate change" for nearly 115 million BGN. The Managing Authority (MA) of the Program Environment 2021-2027 (PE) conducted the sixth meeting of the Monitoring Committee. Within the framework of...

On the eve of the World Environment Day on June 5, the Minister of Environment and Water Petar Dimitrov visited the 120th Primary School "Georgi Sava Rakovski" in Sofia for a meeting with students from 7th grade. "Can salt water be turned into drinking water?", "Is your ministry dealing with polluted water?", "Can the drying up of rivers be preven...

The motto of the celebration appleas to people: “We can be the generation that finally makes peace with the Earth. We can be #GenerationRestoration" This year's World Environment Day, June 5, the most significant international day for action aimed at protecting the environment, focuses on restoring the quality of the land, overcoming the...

The Minister of Environment and Water eng. Petar Dimitrov participated in the launch of the renovated hydroelectric power plant (HPP) "Sestrimo", which took place today in the engine room of the plant. The official completion of the renovation of this HPP also marks the completion of the rehabilitation of the entire Belmeken-Sestrimo-Momina Klisura...