“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...

  The 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...

  Every 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...

  The 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...

  The 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...

  The 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...

  The 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 ...

  “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...

  At a ceremony today, the new electric trams were presented, purchased with funds under Operational Program “Environment 2014-2020” for the modernization of urban transport in the city of Sofia. Atanas Pekanov, Deputy Prime Minister for the Management of European Funds, Rositsa Karamfilova, Minister of Environment and Water, and...

  Experts from the MOEW, the Ministry of Interior and the Ministry of Agriculture (MOA) met at the end of last week to outline the first steps for joint action. Details regarding inter-unit coordination for quick and effective response against environmental crimes were discussed. It was emphasized that it will be relied upon the expertise of ...

  The Minister of Environment and Water Rositsa Karamfilova and the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Greece to the Republic of Bulgaria Alexios Marios Liberopoulos discussed issues related to the environment and deepening bilateral relations in this area. Minister Karamfilova met with Ambassador Liberopoulos at...

  In the period from March to October 2023, the Court of Auditors will conduct an audit of the implementation of contributions by priority axis 1 “Water” within the Operational Program “Environment” 2014-2020 to the national goals in the field of water supply and sanitation. The audited period is from 01.01.2014 to 31....