The Black Sea Basin Directorate analyzed the test results from the two water samples taken on 25th September 2021. We remind you that during the inspection two Black Sea water samples were taken: the first was sampled in the immediate proximity of the ship in the direction of the open sea, and the second - in front of the bow of the ship, where the...

  After acquainting himself in detail with the current factual situation related to the security of the “Vera Su” cargo ship, run aground near Kamen Bryag, the Minister of Environment and Water Asen Lichev states the following position:   The shipowner and the insurer have been responsible for the refloating of the ship for...

Today, September 25th, 2021, experts from the Black Sea Basin Directorate-Varna and the Regional Laboratory at the Executive Environment Agency carried out an inspection and sampling by boat of the Maritime Administration Directorate-Varna, on a signal for leakage of nitrogen fertilizers in the sea from the cargo ship “Vera Su” that is ...

The Minister of Environment and Water Asen Lichev held a meeting with Dr Lachezar Kostov, senior research fellow at the Institute for Nuclear Research and Nuclear Energy at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences and Vice-Director of the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research in Dubna.   The aim of the meeting was to consult on issues related to the...

  As a result of the efforts by the team of the Ministry of Environment and Water, the physical implementation of the activities for completion of the projects for reclamation of landfills financed under OPE 2014-2020 and the EMEPA has been accelerated.   Only for the period May-September 2021 the technical reclamation of 27 ladfills h...

On decision by Minister Asen Lichev, the Ministry of Environment and Water resumes holding the Open Doors Day for NGOs every Friday. The practice was temporarily suspended due to the parliamentary elections campaign. We kindly remind that in connection with the epidemiological situation in the country related to the spread of COVID-19, the meeting...

The Minister of Environment and Water Asen Lichev informed by letter the Minister of Regional Development and Public Works and the Chairman of the Energy and Water Regulatory Commission about the overdue public state payments by water utility companies under the Water Act to the four basin directorates within the MOEW structure with the purpose of ...

  Minister Asen Lichev met for a working meeting with Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Rumen Aleksandrov to discuss priority issues concerning Bulgarian membership in the European Union in relation to the need to find a solution for the future development of our country in view of the Union’s ambitious policy in climate and energy. T...

The Minister of Environment and Water Asen Lichev signed orders for approval of the management plans for the reserves “Bistrishko Branishte” and “Torfeno Branishte”. The two documents have been drafted within the project “Activities for sustainable management of reserves and maintained reserves - exclusive state owner...

In a letter to the Minister of Finance, the Ministry of Environment and Water sent several proposals for amendments to the 2021 budget of the ministry to be included in the update of the Act for the 2021 State Budget of the Republic of Bulgaria. The purpose of the proposed amendments is to overcome the drawbacks from unimplemented activities in the...

At the start of his term in office, the caretaker Minister of Environment and Water Asen Lichev found financially unsecured liabilities of the Executive Environment Agency in the amount of over 10 million BGN.   Overdue liabilities in the amount of 8,584,747 BGN to contractors under the project “Analyses and studies of species and natu...

Minister Asen Lichev approved the resumption of the “Green Olympics”, supported by the Ministry of Environment and Water from 2012 to 2019, which had established itself as the most popular online educational initiative that stimulates children and youths to expand their knowledge on nature and its conservation and contributes to buildin...