The Minister of Environment and Water Julian Popov met with the Chairman of the Management Board of the Bulgarian Chamber of Commerce (BCC) Dobri Mitrev, experts from the BCC and industry organizations - members of the chamber. Deputy Ministers Nikolay Sidzhimov and Petar Dimitrov from the Ministry of Environment and Water participated in t...

  Placement of information boards by the municipalities and increased regular inspections in critical areas by officers of the Ministry of Internal Affairs are part of the emergency measures until the end of the summer season   Yesterday, a working meeting was held in the building of RIEW - Varna in regard to the increased number o...

  The forecast for the Northwestern Black Sea through July 19 remains favorable, with potential pollutant circulating in Ukraine’s exclusive economic zone No pollution observed in Bulgarian waters on satellite imagery No concerns related to bathing areas on the Bulgarian Black Sea coast, according to the data The Ministry of Envi...

  At a joint session during the two-day informal meeting in Valladolid, Spain, EU Environment and Energy Ministers discussed expectations for the outcome of the upcoming UN Climate Change Conference (COP28), which will be held in Dubai at the end of 2023. Bulgaria shares the opinion that it is important to ensure a balance between the main i...

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 ...