National news
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Deputy Minister Petar Dimitrov: The Black Sea is among the most vulnerable marine ecosystems, human activities must be carefully considered
31 Oct, 2022 | 15:25“With its specificity, the Black Sea is one of the most vulnerable marine ecosystems in the world. In order to preserve its vitality and resources, there is a rising need for intensive human activities in the sea to be very carefully considered and more sparingly applied”, said Deputy Minister of Environment and Waters Petar Dim...
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Minister Karamfilova: the use of water from wells for own needs is free of charge
28 Oct, 2022 | 14:47On initiative by Minister Rositsa Karamfilova, today the first of a series of planned online meetings with representatives of the regional and municipal administrations took place in respect to the issues that arise in the course of the campaign to register wells and the use of underground water for own needs until November 28. “The ...
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Minister Karamfilova signed an agreement with Germany for the sale of excess annual emissions allocations
25 Oct, 2022 | 10:30Today the Minister of Environment and Water Rositsa Karamfilova and the State Secretary of the Federal Ministry of Economy and Climate Action of the Federal Republic of Germany, Sven Giegold signed an agreement for the sale of the surplus of Annual emissions allocations (AEAs) until 2022 in compliance with the requirements of the Climate Ch...
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Minister Karamfilova participated in a meeting of the EU Environment Council
25 Oct, 2022 | 10:20Minister Karamfilova participated in a regular meeting of the European Union Environment Council, which was held on Monday in Luxembourg. Within the framework of the meeting, the environment ministers of the member states discussed the proposal for revision of the Directive on industrial emissions. The revision of the Directive is part of i...
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Deputy Minister Koleva: Waste is a resource that must be used
24 Oct, 2022 | 15:00“It is time to realize that waste is not to stay in the landfills. This is a resource that should continue its cycle - to be utilized and recycled,” said Deputy Minister Reneta Koleva during the Forum “Green Solutions for Municipalities” within the framework of the annual meeting of local authorities, organized by th...
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Five centuries-old trees of the species blagun oak, cer and hairy oak have been declared protected
21 Oct, 2022 | 10:25The Minister of Environment and Water Rositsa Karamfilova issued an order declaring protected five centuries-old trees in the districts of Blagoevgrad, Pernik, Kyustendil, and Lovech. Two of the newly announced centuries-old trees are of the species blagun (Quercus frainetto). One is 356 years old, with a height of 13 m, trunk circumferenc...
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Pollution reduction emergency measures were requested at a meeting with the operators of the energy complex “Maritsa East”
19 Oct, 2022 | 10:15The Deputy Minister of Environment and Water Reneta Koleva insisted that preventive and ongoing actions should be urgently taken in case of concerning data from the early warning system, so as to prevent and reduce air pollution with sulfur dioxide. The meeting with representatives of the four power plants in the “Maritsa East” ...
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The Minister of Environment and Water Rositsa Karamfilova met with the Chargée d’Affairs of the Embassy of Germany in Sofia Mrs Irene Plank
18 Oct, 2022 | 17:10The Minister of Environment and Water Rositsa Karamfilova met with the Chargée d’Affairs of the German Embassy in Sofia Mrs. Irene Plank. The two discussed current issues related to the upcoming 27th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP27), which will be held on November 6...
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Over 715 million BGN from Program “Environment” 2021-2027 will be invested in better air quality
13 Oct, 2022 | 09:42Over BGN 715 million will be invested directly in activities and measures to improve air quality under the Program “Environment” 2021-2027. This was clarified during a working meeting yesterday, which was attended by the Deputy Minister of the Environment and Water Reneta Koleva, the director general of the Directorate General &...
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The European Commission has approved the new Operational Program “Environment” 2021-2027 with a budget of over 3.5 billion BGN
10 Oct, 2022 | 13:00The Program “Environment” 2021-2027 has been officially approved by the European Commission. Its planned budget amounts to 3 565 881 509 BGN and the official confirmation came a month earlier before the deadline, which is a result of the consistent efforts by the leadership team of the Ministry of Environment and ...
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Minister Rositsa Karamfilova and the Minister of Environment of North Macedonia Nasser Nuredini agreed on cooperation on future joint projects
06 Oct, 2022 | 16:31The Minister of Environment and Water Rositsa Karamfilova met with the Minister of Environment and Spatial Planning of North Macedonia Nasser Nuredini. The meeting took place today in the fringes of the Ninth Ministerial Conference “Environment for Europe”, which is held in Nicosia, Cyprus. The two agreed on future joint project...
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Deputy Minister Koleva: Our children have a real chance to drive the processes for a clean environment
06 Oct, 2022 | 13:50“Our children have a real chance to drive the processes so that we all live in a better and cleaner environment. I hope that it is through children and education from an early age that in the future, when we announce statistics on progress on environmental goals, the numbers will speak for some very good results that we have achieved&...