National news
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The new protected area “Alpine newt habitats in Ruy Planina” was declared
04 Dec, 2022 | 10:24The 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 ...
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Operational Program “Environment” reported on achieved results
02 Dec, 2022 | 15:26Operational 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" ...
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The Berne Convention decided to close the file on the Kaliakra case and not to open a file on the “Struma” Highway through the Kresna Gorge
02 Dec, 2022 | 14:49The 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...
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The new control and information center at the Seven Rila lakes will shorten rescue operations by at least two hours
01 Dec, 2022 | 14:54The new center of the Mountain Rescue Service at the Seven Rila Lakes will shorten rescue operations by at least two hours. The premises are part of the Control and Information Center of the Rila National Park Directorate and will be used jointly with the mountain rescue team in Dupnitsa. The premises are already being equipped with the necessary s...
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Deputy Minister Reneta Koleva: We need to increase waste recycling
30 Nov, 2022 | 10:14“The challenges ahead of us are to increase the amount of recycled waste in the future,” said Deputy Minister of Environment and Water Reneta Koleva at a conference on the topic “From waste management to resource management”, organized yesterday by the French Institute in Bulgaria. Attaining resource efficiency means achiev...
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Minister Rositsa Karamfilova and Minister Ilin Dimitrov discussed opportunities for deploying ecological instruments in tourism
25 Nov, 2022 | 14:09Implementing environmentally-friendly practices, improving tourist infrastructure in a sustainable way, and encouraging more hotels to introduce “green” solutions - these topics were discussed by the Minister of Environment and Water Rositsa Karamfilova and the Minister of Tourism Ilin Dimitrov at a working meeting today at the ...
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Bulgaria and North Macedonia successfully completed a project on exchange of experience in the field of environment
23 Nov, 2022 | 17:16At a meeting today in Skopje, the Minister of Environment and Water Rositsa Karamfilova and the Minister of Environment and Spatial Planning of the Republic of North Macedonia Nasser Nuredini marked the successful completion of the project for exchange of experience in the EU pre-accession process. The project “Strengthening the inst...
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COP 27 reached a landmark agreement on a new loss and damage fund for the most vulnerable countries
22 Nov, 2022 | 17:44The Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP 27) in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, concluded with a landmark agreement to provide loss and damage funding to vulnerable countries that are heavily affected by climate disasters. The creation of a special loss and damage fund marked an important step ...
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Minister Karamfilova to convene an emergency meeting on the investment proposal for the “Varbovka” deposit
21 Nov, 2022 | 13:15Due to the considerable public interest and expressed objections, the Minister of Environment and Water Rositsa Karamfilova will convene an emergency meeting on the investment proposal: “Construction of a logistics and storage center for stone fractions, a plant for the production of stone wool, an energy source for production needs, ...
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Directorate “National Park Pirin” celebrated the 60th anniversary since the establishment of the protected area
09 Nov, 2022 | 09:58With a solemn ceremony, the Directorate Pirin National Park celebrated the 60th anniversary since the establishment of the protected area. The ceremony yesterday began with a minute of silence and paying tribute to the border policeman who lost his life in the line of duty. Those present at the event were greeted by Martin Lazarov, acting...
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Ideas for wild nature protection were submitted by high school students for the “Green Olympics”
08 Nov, 2022 | 12:13After a contested knowledge competition on nature conservation, the “Green Olympics” announced the winners of this year’s tenth edition of the contest. These are awarded in three age groups – elementary, junior high, and high school. The initiative was under the patronage of the Minister of Environment and Water Ros...
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Minister Karamfilova will participate in the 27th Conference of the Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change and the Paris Agreement (COP 27)
07 Nov, 2022 | 09:06The Minister of Environment and Water Rositsa Karamfilova will participate in the Summit of Heads of State and Government at the 27th Climate Change Conference (COP27), which will be held in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, on November 7th and 8th, 2022 Our country will be represented at the highest level by the President of the Republic of Bulgaria Rumen ...