Methodologies and criteria for the evaluation of procedures with a total budget exceeding 1 billion BGN were approved.   The Managing Authority of the Environment Programme 2021-2027 held the fourth meeting of the Monitoring Committee for the programme in Burgas on Monday. During the forum, members approved methodologies and evaluati...

  The Ministry of Environment and Water is a traditional partner for the national student competition.   Forty-one projects of students from 1st to 12th grades country-wide qualified for the second phase of the 15th edition of the National Student Competition "Health Ambassadors". The competition is organized within the framework o...

  The ministry was selected among over 100 000 applications from around the world   Minister of Environment and Water Julian Popov received an award on behalf of the ministry for special achievements in the field of Geographic Information Systems (GIS). The awards were presented on 15 November - World GIS Day 2023, and this year they c...

  In fulfillment of its obligations to exercise control over the activities of the organizations for packaging waste recovery, a MOEW expert committee carried out an inspection of the audit reports that the four operating organizations submit in proof of delivering on their objectives - ECOPACK BULGARIA AD, BULECOPACK AD, ECO PARTNERS BULGARI...

  The online format allows children and young people from all parts of the country to participate. The platform is active for registration and test solving until 10 December 2023. The Green Olympics aim to teach children more about nature and its conservation. Children and young people compete online and there are attractive prizes for ...

  "The Environment Programme (EP) 2021-2027, through its Waste Axis, funds the introduction of separate waste collection models as a priority. This was announced by the Deputy Minister of Environment and Water Nikolay Sidzhimov during the conference "Green Transformation: Circular Economy and Sustainable Development - People, Materials, and B...

  Bulgaria will participate for the first time with its own stand at the upcoming UN Climate Change Conference - COP 28, which will be held from 30 November to 12 December in Dubai. Bulgarian companies from various sectors, funding institutions, local authorities, and scientists are expected to be represented at the stand. This puts Bulgaria...

    With the contribution of the first advocates for the conservation of the natural riches of Pirin 61 years ago, on November 8th, 1962, National Park "Vihren" was established under the management of the Central Forestry Department of Bulgaria. Years later, after the adoption of the Protected Areas Act at the end of 1998, the Ministry...

  The Director of RIEW-Ruse eng. Tsonka Hristova and the directors of directorates within the inspectorate held a meeting with citizens on the issue of air quality in the city. The meeting took place on initiative by active citizens, organized through social networks on occasion of the many signals about unpleasant smells in the city in recen...

  On 3 November we celebrate the International Day of Biosphere Parks. The date was designated as International Biosphere Park Day in 2021 by decision of the UNESCO General Conference. "Central Balkan", "Chervenata Stena", "Srebarna" and "Uzunbudzhak" are the four Bulgarian biosphere parks declared in 2017 under the UNESCO Man and the Biosphe...

  Officials from the Ministry of the Interior, the Customs Agency, and the Ministry of Environment and Water joined efforts against illegal trafficking and management of waste. An international operation called TOX'2023 was held from 9 to 13 October 2023 with the focus - illegal waste management and trafficking.  The actions took pl...

  Within the park, 9 reserves have been designated in order to preserve the biodiversity of the Central Balkan intact. The Central Balkan National Park was declared on 31 October 1991 by order of the Minister of Environment as a people’s park with an area of 71 669.5 ha. In 1999 it was reclassified as a national park. Within the p...