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...

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...