The Minister of Environment and Water Asen Lichev rejected the request by Toma Belev, Chairman of the Management Board of the Association of Parks in Bulgaria, to impose a coercive administrative measure to stop the construction on a property in Sinemorets, Municipality of Tsarevo, Burgas region. The investment proposal is for a villa – a two...

The Minister of Environment and Water Asen Lichev informed the Ombudsman of the Republic of Bulgaria by letter about actions the MOEW had taken on the requested comprehensive inspection of the project for the construction of an insect farm in the area of ​​the Sofia village of Lozen. In response to the concerns of the residents of the village of L...

The Minister of Environment and Water Asen Lichev announced five century-old trees protected in the territorial scope of RIEW-Stara Zagora and RIEW-Blagoevgrad. By order of the Minister, the common chestnut (Castanea sativa) in the yard of the church “St. Martyr George” in the village of Enina, Kazanlak municipality, Stara Zagora regio...

By letter to RIEW-Pazardzhik, the MOEW instructs the competent authority to request a new EIA report on the investment proposal by “Assarel Medet” AD for expansion of the industrial area of the enterprise in Panagyurishte, by which the ten-year-old case would find a lawful solution. The MOEW carried out an EIA procedure on this investm...

Today, the European Commission (EC) adopted a decision to refer Bulgaria to the Court of Justice of the EU for its failure to fulfill its obligations under Council Directive 92/43/EEC of 21 May 1992 on the conservation of natural habitats and wild fauna and flora. The infringement procedure against Bulgaria for non-fulfillment of obligations under...

The Management Board of the Enterprise for Management of Environmental Protection Activities (EMEPA) today decided that the enterprise will collect, transport, and dispose of the waste incineration boxes collected in the Regional Health Inspectorates free of charge, containing the positive rapid antigen COVID-19 tests for the students in the first ...

Minister Asen Lichev met with Captain Andrey Stanev, head of the operation and captain of the towing ship “Castor”, which towed the stranded ship “Vera Su” from the rocks of the “Yailata” protected area. The two discussed the prospects for administrative strengthening and restoration of maritime rescue activitie...

  The Minister of Environment and Water Asen Lichev will resume the procedure for issuing an opinion by the RIEW-Sofia on the activity of a pilot insect farm in the area of ​​the Sofia village of Lozen. Minister Lichev was asked by the director of RIEW-Sofia to resume the procedure, after receiving a signal from the MOEW, in which citizens r...

People all over the world turn their eyes to Glasgow, where the summit on climate change of heads of state and government of nearly 200 countries is taking place, said the director of the Climate Change Policy Directorate at the Ministry of Environment and Water Boryana Kamenova on the “Hristo Botev” programme of the Bulgarian National ...

  The Minister of Environment and Water Asen Lichev sent an application to the Minister of Culture to declare the Saragyol cottage a site of immovable cultural heritage. The Saragyol cottage is located within the boundaries of Rila National Park, where forests, lands, and water bodies are exclusive state ownership. The property was provided ...

  On 1 November RIEW-Varna and Regional Laboratory-Varna carried out a joint inspection in the area of ​​the village of Vetrino in connection with an emergency situation on a Bulgartransgaz AD-owned transmission gas pipeline to Romania. The inspection revealed a rupture in the transit gas pipeline, the presumed cause being wear and/or a defe...

  To monitor the potential impact of the rescue operation, today additional monitoring was carried out of the water in the vicinity of ​​the incident. The location of the sampling points allows tracking the potential impact on the marine environment in the longer term by conducting periodic model surveys of coastal marine waters. On the day ...