Today Deputy Prime Minister for Climate Policy and Minister of Environment and Water Borislav Sandov participated in the first meeting this year of the European Union Environment Council in Brussels. One of the main topics under discussion were the European Commission’s legislative proposals in the field of climate as part of the &ld...

  The building of the Ministry of the Environment and Water lit up in green color on St. Patrick’s Day as part of Ireland’s Global Greening initiative, which encompasses national and world landmarks, sites, and iconic buildings. The Ministry of Environment and Water joined the initiative on invitation by the Ambassador of Ireland...

   The Ministry of Environment and Water (MOEW) invites representatives of non-governmental organizations to a meeting on the topics of the European network “Natura 2000” and protected areas. Deputy Prime Minister for Climate Policy and Minister of Environment and Water Borislav Sandov and Deputy Minister Toma Belev will par...

  Four black vultures (Aegypius monachus) and one common buzzard (Buteo buteo) were found poisoned within the territory of the village of Ticha, Kotel municipality, Sliven district. Two corpses of shepherd dogs were also found on the site, placed one on top of the other, and one of them had been bitten by birds. It is believed that the dogs ...

The Ministry of Environment and Water has published a public call for applications under the HORIZON EUROPE Program. The new funding opportunities are related to innovative actions for protection and improvement of the blue nature capital of Bulgaria and the European Union. The purpose of the funding is to support the implementation of the Green De...

The second meeting of the interdepartmental working group “European Cooperation - Green Transition and Digital Transformation, Rule of Law” with the Republic of Northern Macedonia took place yesterday at the Ministry of Environment and Water (MOEW). The Bulgarian side was represented by Borislav Sandov - Deputy Prime Minister for Clima...

Today Deputy Prime Minister for Climate Policy and Minister of Environment and Water Borislav Sandov met with Susie Denison, Director of the European Power Program at the European Council on Foreign Relations (ECFR). The two discussed Bulgaria’s role in European climate diplomacy and aspects of the transition to energy and resource independen...

Vladimir Milushev became director of the Directorate “Rila” National Park in the beginning of March 2022. He took over the management of the largest national park with the promise for transparency in his work and that everyone will learn many fascinating stories about Rila, its wonderful nature and the important role that protected area...

Since the beginning of March 2022, Valeri Mechev is the new Director of the Directorate “Pirin” National Park. He took over the management of the park with a promise act as a balancer between all users and the executive branch to the interest of people and nature. “Pirin is not just a protected area. Pirin is a cause for a preser...

Deputy Prime Minister for Climate Policy and Minister of Environment and Water Borislav Sandov participated at a special session to mark the 50th anniversary of the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP at 50), which took place in the period 3 – 4 March, 2022 in Nairobi, Kenya.  In his address at the Special session, Minister Sandov ...

The Ministry of Environment and Water published for consultations and written opinions by the public the draft maps of the areas under threat and hazard of floods for the Danube, the Black Sea, East Aegean, and West Aegean basin water management regions. This practically started the implementation of the second stage of the Floods Directive and cre...

The National Assembly adopted amendments to the Water Act related to regulating the operation of the River Basin Management Plans and the Flood Risk Management Plans for the period 2016-2021 until their update. With the expiration of these plans, a regulatory gap was created in water management. The adopted amendments extend the validity of the pl...