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Position on the allegations by the former Minister Emil Dimitrov on bTV air on 15.07.2021
15 Jul, 2021 | 17:12Regarding a number of false allegations by the former Minister of Environment and Water Emil Dimitrov, which undermine the prestige of the MOEW and personally of Minister Asen Lichev, we declare: Upon taking office, the Minister of Environment and Water Asen Lichev received, in the presence of the new political cabinet, from his predecessor only...
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The EC decided to ask the Court of Justice of the EU to impose financial penalty for unrecovered municipal landfills
15 Jul, 2021 | 16:43Today, the European Commission (EC) sent a letter to Bulgaria, stating that the country will face the Court of Justice of the European Union (EU) to pay huge financial penalties due to failure to restore 43 landfills for non-hazardous waste. The Court of Justice of the EU ruled against Bulgaria in July 2015 for its failure to close old municipal l...
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The Bulgarian position for the informal meeting of EU environmental ministers is approved
14 Jul, 2021 | 14:41The government approved the Bulgarian position for the informal meeting of EU environmental ministers, which will be held on July 20th and 21st, 2021 in Ljubljana, Slovenia. The agenda of the meeting envisages a ministerial exchange of initial views on the legislative package “Adaptation to 55%”. The package constitutes the European Co...
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Deputy Minister Emiliya Toncheva met with representatives of protesting citizens from Byala
13 Jul, 2021 | 15:10Deputy Minister of Environment and Water Emilia Toncheva and experts from the Directorate “National Service for Environmental Protection” met with representatives of the citizens from Byala Municipality (Varna region), who were protesting in front of the MOEW building. They asked questions related to the process of expanding the protect...
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A concept has been drafted for objective-setting for the protected areas in “Natura 2000”
12 Jul, 2021 | 16:15A Concept for the development of specific and detailed objectives for protected areas of the “Natura 2000” ecological network has been drafted. The document is a result of the joint efforts by experts and representatives of NGOs and the Ministry of Environment and Water. It has been developed on the basis of a report by the Institute fo...
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Minister Lichev declared a 300-year-old tree under protection
12 Jul, 2021 | 13:08The Minister of Environment and Water Asen Lichev issued an order declaring a 300-year-old tree under protection within the territory of the village of Glavanovtsi, Municipality of Trun. The tree is of the Qersus cerris type, 22 meters high and with trunk circumference of 3.90 meters. The order prohibits uprooting, cutting, pruning, breaking branc...
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Minister Lichev: The European Public Prosecutor’s Office is inspecting Programme “Environment”
09 Jul, 2021 | 16:39The European Public Prosecutor’s Office is investigating Operational Program “Environment” (OPE). This was stated by the Minister of Environment and Water Asen Lichev at a briefing at the Ministry of Environment and Water. According to him, the European Prosecutor’s Office had informed the Ministry that it was to exercise it...
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New data show that there is no danger of pollution of the Bulgarian seaside
03 Jul, 2021 | 15:06New data show that there is no danger of pollution on the Bulgarian coast after the explosion at an oil refinery in Romania. The analysis was carried out on the basis of a computer simulation, which covers the period 2nd – 10th July 2021. For this time period there is no entry of objects moving on the sea surface in the Exclusive Economic Zon...
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There is no danger for the Bulgarian coast from potential spills after the incident in Romania
02 Jul, 2021 | 20:47There is no danger for the Bulgarian coast from a possible spill from the explosion in the oil refinery 25 km North of the Romanian city of Constanta. This is indicated by a computer simulation that covers the first 24 hours after 7p.m. today. The simulation was prepared by the “Center for Integrated Management and Monitoring of the Coastal Z...
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There is no data for pollution on the territory of Bulgaria after the explosion in Romania
02 Jul, 2021 | 17:31In response to the explosion in an oil refinery 25 km North of the Romanian city of Constanta, RIEW-Varna took immediate action to identify possible transborder air pollution. A mobile automatic station for air quality control will be positioned in the village of Durankulak, Municipality of Shabla. According to data from the Varna branch of the Na...
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Deputy Minister Emilia Toncheva and experts inspected the site of the accident in Belitsa
02 Jul, 2021 | 16:58The Deputy Minister of Environment and Water Emilia Toncheva, the Director of the Rila National Park Krasimir Andonov, the Director of RIEW - Blagoevgrad Angel Georgiev and an expert from the National Service for Nature Protection at the MOEW visited the site of the accident over the town of Belitsa, whereby a brown bear attacked a woman early this...
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The Council of Ministers approved Bulgaria's position for a lawsuit on air quality before the Court of Justice of the EU
01 Jul, 2021 | 15:25The government approved Bulgaria's position within a legal case before the Court of Justice of the European Union imposing sanctions on the country for non-compliance with its obligations on air quality. Bulgaria has provided information showing that it has taken measures to ensure compliance with the decision by the Court of Justice of the EU fro...