By order of the Minister of Environment and Water Manol Genov, the period from April 1 to October 31, 2025 has been designated as a fire-dangerous season in protected areas that are exclusive state property - national parks, reserves, and maintained reserves. The order obliges the regional inspectorates for environment and water (RIEWs) and the di...

The National Trust Ecofund, Rila National Park, and the Ecological Forum Plus Foundation have announced the nineteenth consecutive edition of the creative competition for the National Nature Conservation Award "Mimi Pramatarova" 2025 with the theme "The Renovated Huts of Rila". Students from secondary schools in the Republic of Bulgaria, born betw...

The Minister of Environment and Water Manol Genov participated today in the 38th General Assembly of the National Association of Municipalities in Bulgaria (NAMB), which raised for a broad dialogue among the local and the national authorities the key expectations of Bulgarian municipalities in the field of local self-government, public finances, re...

  Two dead birds have been found, there are data on 4 more in distress. The forecast is that the losses will reach about 15 specimens. A new case of intentional poisoning of specimens of the protected species of griffon vulture has been established near Simitli. On March 3 in the afternoon, the team of the non-governmental organization F...

The Managing Authority of the Environment Programme 2021-2027 (EMA) held the Eighth Meeting of the Monitoring Committee (MC). The working forum was hosted by the Minister of Environment and Water Manol Genov. The Committee was attended by Zsolt Zokolai and Petar Hristov from the Bulgaria, Hungary, and Slovenia Unit in the Directorate-General for Re...

RIEW – Burgas carried out an inspection following a report of fuel oil stains on Arkutino beach near Primorsko. As per the inspection’s instructions, the Municipality of Primorsko took immediate measures and the contamination has already been cleaned up. The contamination is very old, in the form of hardened pieces of fuel oil that hav...

  The order of Minister Manol Genov on the special regime for the protection and use of medicinal plants in 2025 has been promulgated. The annual order of the Minister of Environment and Waters on the special regime for the protection and use of medicinal plants for the calendar year 2025 has been promulgated in the State Gazette. The s...

The Minister of Environment and Water Manol Genov announced that he has issued an order to the directorates in the ministry responsible for water use permits to change the regulatory conditions. This will shorten the procedure for obtaining a water use permit for irrigation, and the issuance period will be halved. The news came during the Third Na...

The municipality is to plant 1300 trees to create 32 hectares of green infrastructure in urban areas A contract for funding green measures for cleaner air was signed today by the Minister of Environment and Water Manol Genov and the Mayor of Plovdiv Kostadin Dimitrov. Plovdiv Municipality will implement a project to improve the quality of atmo...

Following the hearing of Bulgaria, the member states adopted an unanimous decision on the compliance of national legislation, policies, and practices with the seven legal instruments of the organization The Deputy Minister of Environment and Water Reneta Koleva participated in a closed meeting of the Committee on Environmental Policy (CEP) of ...

Potential areas of cooperation related to the implementation of the Declaration on Children, Youth, and Climate Action were discussed The Minister of Environment and Water Manol Genov met with Ms. Christina de Bruin, UNICEF Representative to Bulgaria. Ms. de Bruin expressed high appreciation for the fruitful cooperation until the present mome...

The Minister of Environment and Water Manol Genov met with the Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Germany in Sofia Her Excellency Irene Planck. The two discussed current issues in bilateral relations in the field of environment, exchanged information on ongoing projects, and discussed the implementation of the Agreement on Cooperation in the Fi...