National news
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Minister Karamfilova: It is up to each of us to tackle plastic pollution
05 Jun, 2023 | 20:38All of you are the ambassadors of the environmental cause - with these words the Minister of Environment and Water Rositsa Karamfilova addressed the attendees in the South Park in the capital city of Sofia for today’s celebration - June 5, the World Environment Day. She also congratulated her colleagues, thanking them for believing in...
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Deputy Minister Koleva: All of us at the MOEW feel a professional responsibility but also a personal concern for environmental protection
04 Jun, 2023 | 12:06“With all our colleagues from the Ministry and its structures, we bear our responsibility, not only professionally, but also in a personal capacity for environmental protection. This was said by the Deputy Minister of Environment and Water Reneta Koleva, who opened the first of a number of initiatives with which the Ministry of Enviro...
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Celebrating World Environment Day 5 June with the message “Beat Plastic Pollution”
02 Jun, 2023 | 15:43This year’s World Environment Day on 5 June, the most significant international day of action to protect the environment, will focus on solutions to plastic pollution as part of the #BeatPlasticPollution campaign. It advocates for environmental change globally, asking people to think about how we can change our everyday lives to reduc...
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Minister Rositsa Karamfilova at a children’s event in Panichishte: After us, you take over the responsibility for nature conservation
01 Jun, 2023 | 16:33“You are the ones who will take over the responsibility to protect nature after us. So be brave, dream and learn, because only with knowledge will you achieve your goals in life. Each of us has a place and a purpose, I believe that each of you will find theirs.” With these words, the Minister of Environment and Water Rositsa Kar...
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The first pre-accession review by the Environmental Policy Committee of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development was conducted
31 May, 2023 | 12:58The OECD Environmental Policy Committee took a decision that Bulgaria meets the organisation’s high environmental standards under 24 recommendations, 6 declarations, and 16 key principles in various areas, including biodiversity, climate change, water management, clean air, resource productivity, environmental information, and transbb...
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Minister Karamfilova participated in a meeting of the Environmental Policy Committee of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development
25 May, 2023 | 18:18Minister of Environment and Water Rositsa Karamfilova participated in a closed meeting of the Environmental Policy Committee of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD). She presented Bulgarian policies and priorities in the field of integrated water management, clean air protection, climate change, coastal zone management,...
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The online competition “Knowledge about Natura 2000” continues until 26 May
23 May, 2023 | 16:14Only a few days are left until the final of the second national online competition “Knowledge about Natura 2000”, which is organized by Directorate “National Nature Protection Service” of the Ministry of Environment and Water. The online competition will close on 26 May and is the second of three national competitions aimed...
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We Mark the European Day of the Network of Protected Areas Natura 2000
19 May, 2023 | 14:04On 21 May 2023 we celebrate 31 years since the establishment of the Natura 2000 network of protected areas in the European Union (EU). The Ministry of Environment and Water (MOEW) is once again taking part in the European Natura 2000 Day. The European Commission, in partnership with the Observation.org platform, is organizing “Natura 2000 Da...
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Minister Rositsa Karamfilova met with the Ambassador of France
17 May, 2023 | 14:25The Minister of Environment and Water Rositsa Karamfilova met with the Ambassador of France in Sofia H.E. Joel Meyer. The two discussed the upcoming high-level meetings focusing on the fight against plastic pollution, which will take place on 26 and 27 May in Paris, just before the Second Session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee to E...
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Deputy Minister Reneta Koleva Participated in a Forum of the Association of Environmental Experts from Municipalities in Bulgaria
11 May, 2023 | 11:55“’Think globally - act locally’ is not just a slogan, but the reality in almost all countries around the world. Communities and you - environmental experts, are the drivers of these policies at the local level and it is important that we work together to achieve our ambitious goals to ensure a clean environment for generat...
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Experts Started the Inspections of the Baykusheva Mura
05 May, 2023 | 15:31Today, the first exploratory inspections were carried out in the field to secure and protect the Baykusheva Mura in relation with the identified breakage of a branch of the tree. Arborists carried out an inspection of the century-old tree and nearby trees. The possibilities of using different methods to secure the broken branch were consid...
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A Bulgarian Project is Nominated by the EC for the LIFE Program Award for Excellence in Nature and Biodiversity Conservation
04 May, 2023 | 16:37The European Commission (EC) has announced the nominations for this year’s LIFE Awards for Excellence in Nature, Environment and Climate Action. The project “Habitats Free of Invasive Alien Species” by the Foundation “Information and Nature Conservation” is one of the three nominated in the field “N...