In Galabovo, Deputy Prime Minister for Climate Policy and Minister of Environment and Water Borislav Sandov launched a project with climate change adaptation measures. “Climate change is here and we need to adapt to it. Extreme weather events are becoming more and more damaging and science is non-equivocal - we will face more floods, drought...

  Today in Strasbourg, Minister Borislav Sandov participated in a ministerial conference organized by the French Presidency of the EC Council, dedicated to the 30th anniversary since the NATURA 2000 network was established. In his speech, Minister Sandov noted that the NATURA 2000 network has a key role in the conservation and sustainable ma...

  The Minister of Environment and Water Borislav Sandov and the leadership of the Bulgarian Chamber of Commerce (BIA), as well as branch organization members of the chamber, discussed the challenges of the transition to a circular economy. The aim of the meeting was for the MOEW team to get acquainted with the initiative KRIC “Circular...

  Yesterday, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Environment and Water Borislav Sandov visited the Thrace Economic Zone (TEZ) near Plovdiv together with the Minister of Innovation and Growth Daniel Lorer. The two participated in a meeting of the zone’s advisory board and discussed plans to transform it into a carbon-neutral industrial...

The European Commission (EC) sent a reasoned opinion to Bulgaria regarding non-compliance with obligations under Regulation (EU) №1143/2014 on the prevention of the spread of invasive alien species.* The EC calls on Bulgaria and 14 other member states to protect the environment from invasive alien species. These member states have not prepared, im...

A national afforestation campaign has been launched to plant 100 million trees by 2030. The initiative was announced by Deputy Prime Minister for Climate Policy and Minister of Environment and Water Borislav Sandov. Thus Bulgaria joins the European Commission’s campaign to plant 3 billion trees by 2030 in the EU. Planting will be organized n...

The Ministry of Environment and Water held a first meeting to discuss the scope of and steps for the introduction of a packaging deposit system in Bulgaria with the participation of Deputy Minister Nikolay Sidzhimov, experts from the Directorate for Waste Management and Soil Protection, representatives of the sectoral organizations of various busin...

Yesterday, Deputy Prime Minister for Climate Policy and Minister of Environment and Water Borislav Sandov discussed with President Rumen Radev the possibilities for cooperation in the field of climate diplomacy and environmental protection. The meeting was held at 2 Dondukov Blvd. on initiative by Minister Borislav Sandov. Rumen Radev and Borislav...

The Deputy Prime Minister for Climate Policy and Minister of Environment and Water Borislav Sandov received a certificate of appreciation and a plaque of the award “Eco-Guardian of Northwestern Bulgaria” 2022 by the editor-in-chief of www.severozapazenabg.com Mariana Gomileva The award is given by the readers and the media’s team...

The Ministry of Environment and Water (MOEW) is of the opinion that the titles of publications in some media based on information disseminated by the Commission for Anti-Corruption and Unlawfully Acquired Assets Forefeiture (CACIAF) are misleading and undermine the reputation of the Ministry and the Deputy Minister Toma Belev. The decisions by CAC...

Renewable energy sources (RES), photovoltaic and wind power in particular, present an excellent opportunity for Bulgaria for energy independence and climate change adaptation. This was stated by Deputy Prime Minister for Climate Change and Minister of Environment and Water Borislav Sandov yesterday during the forum “Possible solutions to ener...

The Deputy Minister of Environment and Water Nikolay Sidzhimov met with Anna Larson - director of the NGO RELOOP, which works on circular economy, Desislava Stoykova - legal advisor to the National Association of Municipalities in Bulgaria (NAMRB) and Asya Dobrudzhalieva - chairman of the Association of Environmentalists from Municipalities in Bulg...