"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...

The European Day of Parks on 24 May has been declared by EUROPARC, the European Federation of National and Nature Parks. The initiative was launched in 1999 and aims to create a sense of closeness to nature, to raise public awareness of the importance of natural ecosystems preserved in protected areas. The date chosen is related to 24 May 1909, whe...

The directors of the directorates of national parks have approved the annual grazing and hay use plans for the national parks for 2024. On the basis of these plans and the procedures set out in them, grazing and haying permits will be issued to livestock keepers. The plans lay out the necessary preconditions for environmentally sound use of the pro...

The Director of the RIEW - Ruse Aneliya Nikolova fined Linamar Light Metals Ruse Ltd. 250 000 BGN for non-compliance with a condition in its complex permit. The penalty notice was served today to the legal representative of the company. The violation was detected on April 9, when in the period from 19:47 to 23:00 the inspection received 43 signals...

"The water quality of the Black Sea is of utmost importance for the environment and its rich biodiversity, as well as for people, economic activities, regional development, and tourism. Protection and measures to improve the condition of coastal waters and the marine environment are implemented through two strategic documents - the River Basin Mana...

Today is International Day for Biological Diversity. On this day, 196 international communities and member countries of the Convention on Biological Diversity call for daily efforts to protect biodiversity and its sustainable use. This year's theme is "Be Part of the Plan" and is a call to action for all stakeholders to address the root causes of ...

The National Trust EcoFund (NTEF) in partnership with the Rila National Park and the “Environmental Forum Plus” Foundation announced for the eighteenth consecutive year the literary competition for the National Award for Nature Conservation "Mimi Pramatarova 2024" with the theme "The huts of Rila are calling". The contest is open to Bu...

May 21, 2024 marks the 32nd anniversary of the Natura 2000 network of protected areas in the European Union (EU). The Ministry of the Environment and Water (MOEW), jointly with the regional inspectorates for environmental and water, the national park directorates, the basin directorates, and the Executive Environment Agency are celebrating the Euro...