We are working to promote electric mobility in Bulgaria, said Deputy Prime Minister for Climate Policy and Minister of Environment and Water Borislav Sandov during the opening of the round table “Transport of the future - clean energy at a fair price.” The event was organized by the head of the delegation of the Bulgarian Socialists in ...

“Preventing and reducing plastic waste should be our main priority. In the European Union we need to increase our ambition in this respect, especially as the amount of plastic waste continues to grow, said Deputy Prime Minister for Climate Policy and Minister of Environment and Water Borislav Sandov at the official presentation of an initiati...

Bulgaria has fulfilled its obligations under the Marine Strategy Framework Directive to update the initial assessment of the state of the marine environment, the criteria for determining a good status in the marine environment, as well as the set of environmental objectives and the relevant indicators. This creates an opportunity to discontinue the...

Today, Deputy Prime Minister for Climate Policy and Minister of Environment and Water Borislav Sandov participated in the third meeting of the Interdepartmental Working Group for Cooperation with the Republic of North Macedonia “European Cooperation - Green Transition and Digital Transformation, Rule of Law”, which was held in Skopje. ...

  Deputy Prime Minister for Climate Policy and Minister of Environment and Water Borislav Sandov participated in a discussion on the transition to zero emissions and the acceleration of activities addressing biodiversity loss, which was held during the Ministerial Meeting of the Environmental Committee of the Organization for Economic Coopera...

Deputy Prime Minister for Climate Policy and Minister of Environment and Water Borislav Sandov met with the Ambassador of Egypt H.E. Mr. Khalid Emara. The two discussed opportunities for cooperation in the field of environmental protection and water, with a focus on climate change. Ambassador Emara briefed Minister Sandov on the forthcoming 27th C...

By order of the Minister of Environment and Water Borislav Sandov, the period April 1 - October 31, 2022 was designated “fire season” in protected areas, which are exclusive state property - reserves, maintained reserves, and national parks. The order obliges the regional inspectorates for environment and water and the directorates of ...

The Deputy Prime Minister for Climate Policy and Minister of Environment and Water Borislav Sandov met with Indian Ambassador H.E. Mr. Sanjay Rana. During the conversation, the two paid special attention to the traditionally friendly and stable relations between the two countries, as well as to opportunities for deepening them. Minister Borislav S...

By 2026 we plan to have at least five new national parks in the mountains or protected areas and reserves along the Black Sea coast. This was announced by Deputy Prime Minister for Climate Policy and Minister of Environment and Water Borislav Sandov during the conference “Mountains - Beauty and Challenges”, organized by the Embassy of F...

  The Minister of Environment and Water Borislav Sandov declared two centuries-old trees protected. One of them is from the species winter oak (Quersus petraea), 280 years old, 22m high, with a trunk circumference of 4.50 m and is located in the town of Belitsa, Belitsa municipality, Blagoevgrad region. The proposal for its protection was sub...

  The Minister of Environment and Water Borislav Sandov declared by order a new protected area - the natural landmark “Chernite Skali”. The area is located on the land of the village of Oreshnik, Topolovgrad municipality, Haskovo district. The natural landmark “Chernite Skali” was declared in order to preserve the cha...

  Deputy Prime Minister for Climate Policy and Minister of Environment and Water Borislav Sandov opened the Fifteenth meeting of the Monitoring Committee (Committee) of the Operational Program “Environment” 2014-2020 (OPE 2014-2020). “Bulgaria is starting an accelerated process of green transformation, and the program is a ...