Determining the boundaries of the Boyana Marsh marks the beginning of a process that will enable its ongoing conservation The Director of the Basin Directorate “Danube Region” - Pleven, issued an order determining the boundaries of the water body “Boyana Marsh” in the locality “Gardova Glava”, Vitosha distri...

   The Black Sea is a unique ecosystem, but we need to have the big picture to be able to adequately protect it. When research similar to that of the Varna scientists comes out, the ministry is committed not only to enhance its publicity, but also to develop policies on its basis.   A problem of policy development in our coun...

   Minister Julian Popov: “Part of the struggle is simply for people to understand the value of dunes. We cannot drive jeeps over them, park on them, and put caravans. We have to protect them.” Signs do not solve problems but point at them. This was stated by the Minister of Environment and Water in the morning talk show...

Today the Minister of Environment and Water Julian Popov met with the Ambassador of the People’s Democratic Republic of Algeria His Excellency Mr. Messaoud Mehila. Minister Popov highlighted the significance of relations with the People’s Democratic Republic of Algeria, underlining the potential to build upon and deepen the friendship ...

  The Minister of Environment and Water Julian Popov today took part in a working meeting in the region of Shabla and Durankulak. The other participants in the meeting included the mayors of Durankulak Veselin Yordanov and Shabla Marian Zhechev, the director of the Institute of Oceanology Nikolay Valchev, Ivan Nachev from the “Friends o...

   Experts from the Directorate "National Service for the Protection of Nature" at the Ministry of the Environment and Water remind of this in relation to the case of a lost animal in Lozenets, Tsarevo Municipality   In Bulgaria, it is forbidden to import, acquire, sell, own and breed specimens of wild cats and primates. Excep...

  The Minister of Environment and Water Julian Popov met with the Chairman of the Management Board of the Bulgarian Chamber of Commerce (BCC) Dobri Mitrev, experts from the BCC and industry organizations - members of the chamber. Deputy Ministers Nikolay Sidzhimov and Petar Dimitrov from the Ministry of Environment and Water participated in t...

  Placement of information boards by the municipalities and increased regular inspections in critical areas by officers of the Ministry of Internal Affairs are part of the emergency measures until the end of the summer season   Yesterday, a working meeting was held in the building of RIEW - Varna in regard to the increased number o...

  The forecast for the Northwestern Black Sea through July 19 remains favorable, with potential pollutant circulating in Ukraine’s exclusive economic zone No pollution observed in Bulgarian waters on satellite imagery No concerns related to bathing areas on the Bulgarian Black Sea coast, according to the data The Ministry of Envi...

  At a joint session during the two-day informal meeting in Valladolid, Spain, EU Environment and Energy Ministers discussed expectations for the outcome of the upcoming UN Climate Change Conference (COP28), which will be held in Dubai at the end of 2023. Bulgaria shares the opinion that it is important to ensure a balance between the main i...

At the start of their first meeting under the Spanish Presidency of the Council of the EU, held in Valladolid, Kingdom of Spain, EU environment ministers discussed the challenges of the integrated management of the different elements of the environment. The common understanding was established that taking into account the cross-cutting nature of en...

The state and the municipalities together must create and develop carbon neutral zones for the industry across the country. This was states by the Environment and Water Minister Julian Popov today in a meeting with representatives of the Ministry of Regional Development, Innovation and Growth, the Thrace Economic Zone (TIZ), and the Plovdiv regiona...