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Minister Karamfilova participated in the general debate of the UN High-level Conference “Water for Sustainable Development”
24 Mar, 2023 | 09:36During the UN High-level Conference “Water for Sustainable Development” at the UN headquarters in New York, the Minister of Environment and Water Rositsa Karamfilova participated in the general debate on the review of the implementation of the goals of the International Decade of Action “Water for Sustainable Development&r...
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Minister Rositsa Karamfilova participated in a high-level interactive dialogue on the topic “Water for Climate, Sustainability, and Environment”
23 Mar, 2023 | 17:31The Minister of Environment and Water Rositsa Karamfilova participated in a high-level interactive dialogue on the topic “Water for Climate, Sustainability, and Environment”. During the UN High-Level Conference "Water for Sustainable Development" at the UN headquarters in New York, Minister Rositsa Karamfilova participated in a ...
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Minister Rositsa Karamfilova participated at a UN High-level Conference on water protection and sustainable development
22 Mar, 2023 | 17:30The Minister of Environment and Water Rositsa Karamfilova participated at the UN High-level conference “Water for Sustainable Development”. The event takes place at the headquarters of the United Nations in New York and was officially launched today - March 22, when we also mark the World Water Day. Minister Karamfilova will pa...
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The MOEW Regional Structures are Organizing Clean-ups of Polluted Areas under the Slogan “Let’s Put an End to Pollution”
22 Mar, 2023 | 16:00Teams from the regional structures of the Ministry of Environment and Water - the Executive Agency for Environment (EIA), the Regional Inspections for the Environment and Water (RIEWs), the Basin Directorates (BDs), and the Directorates of National Parks (DNPs) will clean up waste-polluted areas. The activities are organized according to a...
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Deputy Minister Reneta Koleva: the MOEW will direct funds for better water quality and waste water treatment
22 Mar, 2023 | 15:13“Bulgaria is facing challenges with improving drinking water quality and wastewater treatment. Our country has commitments to treat waste water in compliance with the EU directive, and there are still agglomerations in which there is no sewage network or a waste water treatment plant. In this respect, a significant resource has been c...
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The Minister of Environment and Water introduced rules for awarding scientific consultations within the Mechanism for the Award and Implementation of Scientific Consultations by the Bulgarian Academy of Science
22 Mar, 2023 | 10:57The Minister of the Environment and Water introduced rules within the Ministry for awarding scientific consultations under the Mechanism for the Award and Implementation of Scientific Consultations by the Bulgarian Academy of Science (BAS), established by a decree of the Council of Ministers from January 2020. The mechanism is to provide sc...
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We mark World Water Day on 22nd March
22 Mar, 2023 | 08:09Every year thousands of people mark World Water Day on March 22nd. The day has been celebrated annually by the United Nations since 1993 with a focus on the importance of water for life on the planet and the need to protect it. The initiative is coordinated by the United Nations Mechanism on Access to Water and draws attention to actions t...
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The Monitoring Committee for the Program “Environment” 2021-2027 approved methodologies and criteria for evaluating procedures in the amount of around 290 million BGN
20 Mar, 2023 | 17:01The second monitoring committee of the “Environment” Program 2021-2027 approved methodologies and evaluation criteria for procedures that will be announced in 2023 in the priorities “Waste”, “Biological diversity”, and “Risk and climate change”. The total budget is around 290 million BGN, aime...
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The XVth edition of the National Student Competition “Ambassadors of Health” started
20 Mar, 2023 | 13:30The Ministry of Health announced the start of the 15th edition of the National Student Competition “Ambassadors of Health”. The purpose of the competition is to promote a healthy lifestyle among young people, emphasizing the prevention of behavioral and health risk factors related to unhealthy eating, low physical activity, alco...
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Minister Karamfilova participated in a meeting of the EU Environment Council
16 Mar, 2023 | 18:18The Minister of Environment and Water Rositsa Karamfilova participated today in the meeting of the Environment Council of the European Union. The meeting began with a discussion of the amendments to the Industrial Emissions Directive. Minister Karamfilova noted the potential of the legislative proposal, part of the European Union’s me...
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The Court of the EU rejected the claim against Bulgaria by the European Commission on air quality
16 Mar, 2023 | 13:29The Court of the European Union rejected as inadmissible the claim by the European Commission against Bulgaria for the payment of financial sanctions for the quality of atmospheric air. On March 29th, 2021, a case was initiated before the Court of the EU, whereby the European Commission requested that financial fines be imposed on Bulgaria ...
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Deputy Minister Reneta Koleva: When the business uses less resources and reduces waste generation, it benefits
15 Mar, 2023 | 11:13“Businesses that apply environmentally friendly technologies, use less natural resources and energy, and minimize the generation of waste and emissions into the environment actually benefit because they save on the rising costs of waste treatment and the high prices of primary natural resources,” said Deputy Minister of Environm...