May 20 was declared World Bee Day in December 2017 in New York with a resolution by the UN General Assembly with the full consensus of 115 countries, including all member states of the European Union. For the 7th time this year on 20 May we are paying special attention to bees, aimed at raising public awareness about the importance of bees and bee...

  For the second time within a month, the Minister of Environment and Water Petar Dimitrov conducted an inspection in the Montana region in reaction to numerous reports of unregulated pollution. The inspection was carried out jointly with the member of parliament Petar Petrov, the Deputy Mayor of the Municipality of Montana and the Director o...

  RIEW - Ruse imposed an ongoing monthly sanction in the amount of BGN 117 703 on "Water Supply Dunav" EOOD in Razgrad, operator of the Urban Wastewater Treatment Plant (UWTP). The administrative measure was imposed for identified deviations in the individual emission limits set in the company's discharge permit for a water body. The water s...

As part of the ongoing series of meetings within the framework of the consultation on the draft updated River Basin Management Plans for the period 2022-2027, the discussion on "Economy and Energy" took place today. "Today we are looking at the requirements in directives related to these sectors, the impact on water from economic activities, and t...

A campaign to raise awareness and motivation among young people to tackle climate change through a series of science workshops was launched among school and university students across the country. "Our Planet, Our Climate" is a campaign by the Environment Programme (EP) 2021-2027 and the Winds of Change initiative that will run from 15 May 2024 to ...

"We need to find optimal solutions in River Basin Management Plans (RBMPs) to achieve the objectives of sustainable water management in Bulgaria. I believe that all participants in the consultations on the draft updated plans will jointly succeed in achieving this goal through the series of discussions." With these words, the Deputy Minister of Env...

The updated River Basin Management Plans (RBMPs) for the period 2022-2027 comply with all requirements of the European Commission (EC). This was clarified by the Minister of Environment and Water Petar Dimitrov, who today launched a series of meetings within the framework of the national consultations on the draft RBMPs. "The plans we are presenti...

On behalf of the government of the Republic of Bulgaria, the Minister of Environment and Water Petar Dimitrov signed an agreement with the World Meteorological Organization to host the 61st Session of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), which is planned to take place in Sofia between 26 July and 2 August. In this relation, the vi...

After rehabilitation in the specialized center "Arcturos" in Greece the cubs Nikola, Misho and Aneta are back in the wild Minister Petar Dimitrov joined the rescue teams that released the bears into the wild The partnered efforts by the Ministry of Environment and Waters (MOEW), the nature conservation organization WWF, the FOUR PAWS Foundati...

World Migratory Bird Conservation Day is a global campaign that has taken place every year since 2006. Its main aim is to raise awareness and highlight the need to conserve migratory birds and their habitats. The campaign is a tool to create wider awareness of the threats the migratory birds face, their ecological importance, and the need for inter...

  A roundtable on "Combating Climate Change" was held at the Ministry of Environment and Water. The event was organized in the framework of the preparation of the Second Voluntary National Review of Bulgaria's implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) under the UN 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. The preparation start...

  The Ministry of Environment and Water (MOEW), together with the Ministry of Energy, have started active work to reflect the European Commission's recommendations to Bulgaria for updating the Integrated Plan for Energy and Climate 2021-2030 (IPEC) in order to increase the level of its ambition in line with the agreed 2030 targets. The MOEW ...