A memorandum for joint actions and policies will be drafted between the MOEW and the National Association of Municipalities in the Republic of Bulgaria (NAMRB). This was decided during yesterday's meeting of the Minister of Environment and Water Asen Lichev and his political team with the Executive Director of NAMRB Silvia Georgieva, Vladimir Georg...

RIEW-Smolyan experts received a new signal about a bear cub located near the town of Chepelare (under the main road Smolyan - Chepelare - Plovdiv) and carried an on-site inspection. The inspection established that the cub had spent more than two hours alone in proximity to the main road. A team was immediately formed to search the area. No traces o...

The Deputy Minister of Environment and Water Reneta Koleva attended the groundbreaking ceremony for the project “Landfill closure restoration in the Municipality of Sapareva Banya”. The event was attended by the Mayor of the Municipality of Sapareva Banya Kalin Gelev, the Deputy Governor of Kyustendil Georgi Ilinov, as well as by repres...

Today the Minister of Environment and Water Asen Lichev revoked the decision to terminate the environmental impact assessment procedure (EIA, including the compatibility assessment) for “Pre-investment study for the route Montana-Sofia with a tunnel under Petrohan” commissioned by the Road Infrastructure Agency (RIA). According to lega...

RIEW-Sofia will impose an administrative violation penalty for the illegal landfills found in the area “Verdikal” on the territory of the capital district “Bankya”. During the inspection on May 21st, inspectors found pollution by construction waste, packaging waste, and parts of discarded vehicles. Under the Waste Managemen...

“I want to assure the people of the Northwest that I started my career with work on the ‘Hemus’ highway as a surveyor of the Pravets-Dzhurovo section, I approved the completion of the foundations of the highest bridge - Bebresh, and then I worked for 25 years in the MOEW and I am well acquainted with the entire process. The careta...

Today, the European Commission (EC) decided to close three criminal procedures against Bulgaria under the Circular Economy Package. These procedures are in the field of waste management and in particular related to the transposition in our national legislation of the European requirements under the Waste Framework Directive in relation to packaging...

The Ministry of Environment and Water held a meeting with representatives of the environmental Association “For the Earth” on issues addressed to the Minister of Environment and Water Asen Lichev at the end of May. The topics included GMO regulations in the EU, waste management, the use of RDF modified waste fuels, and air quality. The...

Asen Lichev: The dams are full, there will be drinking water for the Black Sea coast   08 June 2021 / 18:37   The Minister of Environment and Water Asen Lichev on the BTV talk show "Face to Face"   Conversation with Asen Lichev, Minister of Environment and Water Topic: The work of the caretaker government; audit at the Minist...

The Minister of Environment and Water eng. Asen Lichev approved programs for monitoring of surface and groundwater for the period 2021 - 2022, which are part of the river basin management plans adopted by decisions by the Council of Ministers. The implementation of the programs should have been financially secured at the end of last year, but this ...

“Exercise your powers competently and professionally, because thus we can protect our nature and stop encroachments on biodiversity.” This was said by the Deputy Minister of Environment and Water Emilia Toncheva at a meeting with the regional structures of the Ministry.  She gave the example of the most recent case with the poison...

A meeting at the Ministry of Environment and Water took place in the attendance of the Deputy Ministers of Environment and Water Emilia Toncheva and Reneta Koleva, the Head of Operational Program “Environment” (OPE) Valeria Kalcheva, a specialist from the Ministry of Regional Development and Public Works and 18 representatives of munici...