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Minister of Environment and Water Rositsa Karamfilova participated in the 9th ministerial conference “Environment for Europe”
05 Oct, 2022 | 17:08The Minister of Environment and Water Rositsa Karamfilova participated in the Ninth Ministerial Conference “Environment for Europe”, which is held today and tomorrow in Cyprus and marks 30 years of environmental cooperation in the pan-European region. More than 1,000 delegates from over 60 countries will participate. The first m...
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The Management Body of Operational Program Environment 2021-2027 invites nonprofit legal entities to apply for membership in the Monitoring Committee of the new program
05 Oct, 2022 | 15:57The management body of the Program “Environment” 2021 - 2027 under the Ministry of Environment and Water launched a selection procedure for nonprofit legal entities to apply for membership in the Monitoring Committee of the new “Environment” Program 2021-2027. The monitoring committee of the program monitors program...
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Deputy Minister Koleva: the state and the municipalities need to work jointly to improve air quality
30 Sep, 2022 | 16:18The state and the municipalities need to work jointly to identify measures for air quality, so as to achieve more sustainable and effective results. The aim is to identify actions for the short, medium, and long term, but also for immediate implementation. This was stated by the Deputy Minister of Environment and Water Reneta Koleva at the ...
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The Executive Agency for Environment will receive in real time the data from the systems for own continuous measurements of the operators of large combustion plants
30 Sep, 2022 | 11:58Changes in the regulatory framework oblige the operators of large combustion plants to ensure continuous submission to the Executive Agency for Environment of the half-hourly or average hourly values of emissions of harmful substances released into the atmospheric air, as measured and validated through their own monitoring systems according...
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The European Commission notified Bulgaria that it will start an infringement procedure for failure to inform on the Bulgarian long-term strategy for the management of the Energy Union and actions on climate change
29 Sep, 2022 | 19:03The European Commission today decided to start an infringement procedure against Bulgaria for failure to notify about its long-term strategy in accord with the requirements by Regulation (EU) 2018/1999 on the management of the Energy Union and on actions in the field of climate. With its regular package of decisions, the Commission today s...
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Deputy Minister Koleva: The Green Transition requires investments to be directed towards small and medium enterprises
26 Sep, 2022 | 16:48“The green transition requires productive investments in small and medium-sized enterprises, research and innovation, as well as promotion of the transfer of modern technologies and digitization. This sector of the economy is key to the green transition and transforming the economy towards a circular model.” This was said by the...
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The Four Basin Directorates are Inspecting the Conductivity of Water Bodies and the Operational Condition of Pertinent Facilities
25 Sep, 2022 | 14:28The four basin directorates are inspecting the facilities and the conductivity of rivers and other water basins on the territory of the country that fall within the scope of their responsibilities. Inspections, including on-site, are carried out by experts from the “Eastern Aegean Region”, “Danube Region”, “Bl...
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The Ministers of Energy and Environment Demanded a Plan to Address the Pollution by TPPs “Maritsa 3” and “Brikel”
23 Sep, 2022 | 14:29Rositsa Karamfilova: Our goal is not to shut down capacities, but to comply with the legislation and to guarantee the protection of the environment and human health. On initiative by the Minister of Energy Rosen Hristov a meeting took place today at the Ministry of Energy with the management of the “Maritsa 3” and “Brikel...
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The Green Olympics 2022 educational environmental initiative has started
23 Sep, 2022 | 10:13Today the educational environmental initiative “Green Olympics” was launched. The initiative is held under the patronage of the Ministry of Environment and Water. The “Green Olympics” target students from 1st to 12th grade and every year more than 5000 children and young people participate. On the online platform cr...
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The Executive Agency for Environment presented national costumes of environmentally friendly materials at an event under the project “Green Stage: Super Eco and Friends”
22 Sep, 2022 | 15:44National costumes produced entirely of environmentally friendly materials were presented by the Executive Agency for Environmental today at an educational music event on the stage in front of the “Ivan Vazov” National Theater under the project “Green Stage: Super Eco and Friends”. The costumes from the Shopska and P...
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The MOEW again invites students to participate in the competition “Green Support for a Sustainable Future”
22 Sep, 2022 | 10:03For the second year, the Ministry of Environment and Water launched the student competition for high academic achievements “Green Support for a Sustainable Future 2022”. It is held under the patronage of the Ministry of Environment and Water as part of the initiatives from the European Commission’s campaign “European...
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Over 2800 tons of waste were collected during the campaign “Let’s clean Bulgaria together”
20 Sep, 2022 | 11:42Over 2 800 tons of waste were collected during the initiative “Let's clean Bulgaria together”. The Ministry of Environment and Water is the main partner of the campaign organized by bTV. 194 municipalities and tens of thousands of volunteers participated in the large-scale event, according to the final data of the 15 regional en...