National news
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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&...
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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...