The Ministry of Environment and Water announced public consultations on the specific and detailed protection objectives for the 13 protected areas within the “Natura 2000” ecological network. The objectives were developed by an expert team headed by the Institute of Biodiversity and Ecosystem Research at the Bulgarian Academy of Science...

“The environment can do without humanity, but humanity cannot do without it”. This was the message the Minister of Environment and Water Asen Lichev addressed to the two winners in the first edition of the competition for students with high academic achievements “Green Support for a Sustainable Future”. Minister Lichev awar...

The Minister of Environment and Water Asen Lichev issued a decision approving the amendment to the Forestry Management Plan of the Territorial Division “State Forestry Gabrovo” with the main motif that the amendment of the plan is unlikely to have a significant negative impact on natural habitats and habitats of species subject to prote...

The Minister of Environment and Water Asen Lichev informed by letter the Road Infrastructure Agency that in respect to two notifications it submitted concerning investment proposals for road repair and rehabilitation there is no grounds to require an environmental impact assessment (EIA) procedure or to assess the need for an EIA.   One of t...

The Minister of Environment and Water Asen Lichev rejected the request by Toma Belev, Chairman of the Management Board of the Association of Parks in Bulgaria, to impose a coercive administrative measure to stop the construction on a property in Sinemorets, Municipality of Tsarevo, Burgas region. The investment proposal is for a villa – a two...

The Minister of Environment and Water Asen Lichev informed the Ombudsman of the Republic of Bulgaria by letter about actions the MOEW had taken on the requested comprehensive inspection of the project for the construction of an insect farm in the area of ​​the Sofia village of Lozen. In response to the concerns of the residents of the village of L...

The Minister of Environment and Water Asen Lichev announced five century-old trees protected in the territorial scope of RIEW-Stara Zagora and RIEW-Blagoevgrad. By order of the Minister, the common chestnut (Castanea sativa) in the yard of the church “St. Martyr George” in the village of Enina, Kazanlak municipality, Stara Zagora regio...

By letter to RIEW-Pazardzhik, the MOEW instructs the competent authority to request a new EIA report on the investment proposal by “Assarel Medet” AD for expansion of the industrial area of the enterprise in Panagyurishte, by which the ten-year-old case would find a lawful solution. The MOEW carried out an EIA procedure on this investm...

Today, the European Commission (EC) adopted a decision to refer Bulgaria to the Court of Justice of the EU for its failure to fulfill its obligations under Council Directive 92/43/EEC of 21 May 1992 on the conservation of natural habitats and wild fauna and flora. The infringement procedure against Bulgaria for non-fulfillment of obligations under...

The Management Board of the Enterprise for Management of Environmental Protection Activities (EMEPA) today decided that the enterprise will collect, transport, and dispose of the waste incineration boxes collected in the Regional Health Inspectorates free of charge, containing the positive rapid antigen COVID-19 tests for the students in the first ...

Minister Asen Lichev met with Captain Andrey Stanev, head of the operation and captain of the towing ship “Castor”, which towed the stranded ship “Vera Su” from the rocks of the “Yailata” protected area. The two discussed the prospects for administrative strengthening and restoration of maritime rescue activitie...

  The Minister of Environment and Water Asen Lichev will resume the procedure for issuing an opinion by the RIEW-Sofia on the activity of a pilot insect farm in the area of ​​the Sofia village of Lozen. Minister Lichev was asked by the director of RIEW-Sofia to resume the procedure, after receiving a signal from the MOEW, in which citizens r...