At the start of their first meeting under the Spanish Presidency of the Council of the EU, held in Valladolid, Kingdom of Spain, EU environment ministers discussed the challenges of the integrated management of the different elements of the environment. The common understanding was established that taking into account the cross-cutting nature of en...

The state and the municipalities together must create and develop carbon neutral zones for the industry across the country. This was states by the Environment and Water Minister Julian Popov today in a meeting with representatives of the Ministry of Regional Development, Innovation and Growth, the Thrace Economic Zone (TIZ), and the Plovdiv regiona...

  The Minister of Environment and Water Julian Popov met with the Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Germany in Bulgaria H.E. Mrs. Irene Plank. The two discussed issues in the field of environment and climate. Germany highly values Bulgaria’s accession to the Federal Republic of Germany and G7’s initiative “Climate for P...

  Data from the conducted coastal water monitoring at the coastal sites on 26 June and at the marine sites on 27 June do not indicate any potential for pollution of the marine environment. The measured values at all six sites are below the maximum permissible concentrations and the annual average values.   The Ministry of Environ...

  Nataliya Todorova from Sofia, Penka Dzhendova from Dobrich, and Detelina Ilieva from Burgas are the big winners in the Second National Competition “Knowledge about Natura 2000”   Nataliya Todorova from Sofia won a laptop, Penka Dzhendova from Dobrich won a smartphone, and Detelina Ilieva from Burgas won a camera. They...

  For the twentieth time we celebrate the Danube Day on 29 June. The campaign, which takes place in all countries along the Danube river, aims to express the connection of the people in Danube countries with the river and testifies to the important contribution of the Danube to the economy, environment, and culture. The campaign is organised ...

  The forecast for the Northwestern Black Sea until July 6 remains favorable.   The Ministry of Environment and Water (MOEW) conducts regular monitoring of sea water after the destruction of the wall of the Nova Kakhovka dam, located on the Dnieper River in Ukraine. The latest data from the numerical modelling of the Centre for In...

  The results of the weekly sampling for the radionuclide caesium-137, at the sites Durankulak, Shabla and Kaliakra coast, are now available. At all three sites results are below the method detection threshold.   The Ministry of Environment and Water (MOEW) conducts regular monitoring of sea waters following the breach of the wall ...

  Today the Basin Directorate “Black Sea Region” took samples from three sites in inland sea waters across Durankulak, Shabla and Kaliakra.   The Ministry of Environment and Water (MOEW) conducts regular monitoring of the state of sea waters following the destrcution of the wall of the Nova Kakhovka dam, located on the ...

  The results of the samples taken on 19.06.2023 in Bulgarian Black Sea waters show compliance with the environmental quality standards The Ministry of Environment and Waters (MOEW) conducts regular monitoring of the state of sea waters after the destruction of the wall of the Nova Kakhovka dam, located on the Dnieper River in the territ...

  The Ministry of Environment and Water (MOEW) is ensuring constant and complete monitoring of possible environmental damage in Bulgarian Black Sea waters following the breakage of the wall of the Nova Kakhovka dam, located on the Dnieper River in Ukraine. According to summarized data, the Center for Integrated Coastal Zone Management and Mo...

  The Minister of Environment and Water Julian Popov issued an order for declaring the Protected Area “Deposit of Rhodope Mullein - village of Drangovo”. The new protected area is located in the land of the village of Drangovo, Kirkovo municipality, Kardzhali region and has a total area of 80 818 hectares. The protected area &ldq...