The Minister of Environment and Water Rositsa Karamfilova participates at an Environment Council in Brussels, where a debate was held today on the proposal for a Regulation on nature restoration. During the debate, she stated Bulgaria’s support for the introduction of legally binding European Union goals for nature restoration. This ...

  The Ministry of Environment and Water granted municipalities the management of 13 mineral water deposits. The use of the deposits is free of charge and is enabled through application by the mayor upon decision by the Municipal Council submitted by January 31, 2023. The list of deposits, approved by Minister Rositsa Karamfilova, can be foun...

  Alexander Manov and Alexander Pregev are the winners of the second edition of the contest for students with high academic achievements “Green support for a sustainable future” 2022. Each of them will receive annual financial support of BGN 2,970. The jury selected the two students after they demonstrated a high level of languag...

  The Deputy Minister of Environment and Water Reneta Koleva and NGO representatives discussed investment intentions for the construction of additional facilities for waste utilization by incineration. “We cannot stop legal entities from making investment proposals, but we can assess them and prevent potential risks to the environment,...

  The Ministry of Environment and Water and the regional administrations will take joint actions to ensure the conductivity of riverbeds in order to prevent and protect against floods. This became clear at an online meeting attended by the Minister of Environment and Water Rositsa Karamfilova, the Deputy Minister Petar Dimitrov, regional gove...

  62 million BGN have been provided by the Operational Program “Environment 2014 – 2020” (OPE) to improve the environmental protection status of forest natural habitats through afforestation. The funds will be used to fulfill Bulgaria’s key commitment for the EU initiative to plant three billion new trees in fulfillmen...

  Given the challenges of the energy crisis, we need joint efforts, shared responsibility, and cooperation among stakeholders to ensure that the transition to a green economy is fair for all. This was said by the Deputy Minister of Environment and Water Reneta Koleva at the opening yesterday of a forum for green business, organized by the Bri...

  The Monitoring Committee for the “Environment” Program 2021-2027, at its first meeting held on December 2, 2022, approved an indicative annual work program for 2023 worth over 2 billion BGN. The head of the Program Environment 2021-2027 Management Authority Galina Simeonova presented the program as approved by the European Comm...

  December 5 was designated by the General Assembly of the United Nations (UN) and officially celebrated as World Soil Day for the first time in 2014. This year’s World Soil Day (World Soil Day 2022) initiatives are under the theme “Soils: Where Food Begins” and aim to raise awareness of the importance of maintaining health...

  The Minister of Environment and Water Rositsa Karamfilova issued an order to declare the protected area “Alpine Newt habitats in Ruy Planina” in the lands of the villages of Rani lug and Nasalevtsi, municipality of Trun, district of Pernik, with a total area of nearly 50 decares. The protected area was declared on the basis of ...

Operational program “Environment 2014-2020” reported on the results achieved in terms of completed activities at an annual information event at the Water Tower in Sofia. The Minister of Environment and Water Rositsa Karamfilova welcomed the participants at the Annual Information Event of the Operational Program "Environment 2014-2020" ...

The Standing Committee of the Berne Convention decided to close the file on the Kaliakra case related to the construction of wind farms in the region of Kaliakra and Balchik. This happened at a meeting of the Committee, which took place in the period November 28 - December 2, 2022 in Strasbourg. The file is from 2004, and in 2007 the Standing Commi...