The national system for early warning of the population in cases of disasters will notify 51% of the population at the municipal level. At the moment it covers about 39% of the population of Bulgaria. The modernization and upgrading of the system has been funded by the Operational Program “Environment 2014-2020” with 49.5 millio...

  For the seventeenth consecutive year, the National Trust Ecofund announced the 2023 Literary Competition in the name of Mimi Pramatarova - the first director of the Rila National Park and the brightest individual in the field of environmental protection in Bulgaria. The initiative is aimed at stimulating creativity in environmental protect...

  The Regional Inspectorate for Environment and Water - Burgas conducted an inspection today by order of the Minister of Environment and Water Rositsa Karamfilova at Aurelia beach, Ravda village, Nessebar municipality. The Eco-inspectors were sent to the site after reports for excavations on the beach. On site, in the presence of the author...

  The Minister of Environment and Water Rositsa Karamfilova participated in an informal meeting organized by His Excellency Dr. Rob Dixon, Ambassador of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland to Bulgaria. The meeting was held in the context of Bulgaria’s bid to host and chair the 29th UNFCCC Conference (COP 29) in 2024...

  At a working meeting yesterday, the Deputy Ministers of Environment and Water Reneta Koleva and Petar Dimitrov, discussed with the directors of RIEWs, the Basin Directorates, and the National Parks the progress with the MOEW initiative to have contaminated areas cleaned throughout the country. All the Regional Inspectorates for Environment...

  The Minister of Environment and Water Rositsa Karamfilova met with David Moran, Regional Ambassador for Energy Security and Climate for Europe and Central Asia at the Department of Foreign Affairs of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. The meeting was also joined by the ambassador of the United Kingdom in our country, ...

A celebration for the partners of the National Park “Rila” was held at the Regional History Museum in Blagoevgrad on the occasion of the 31st anniversary of the protected territory. The event was attended by representatives of the Municipality of Blagoevgrad, the Directorate “National Park Pirin”, the Basin Directorate &ldqu...

Upon inspection, the Inspectorate of the Ministry of Environment and Water found in RIEW – Haskovo a number of violations and serious gaps in the application of environmental legislation. The report from the inspection has been referred to the Prosecutor’s office. The director of the regional inspectorate was released and his responsib...

The process of developing specific and detailed nature protection objectives for the protected areas within the ecological network "Natura 2000" continues. The MOEW published for public discussion specific and detailed nature protection objectives for 22 new protected areas. They were developed by an expert team under the leadership of the Institut...

A competition for projects by young scientists (up to 35 years old) under the UNESCO program “Man and the Biosphere” was announced. It targets young scientists conducting interdisciplinary research in line with UNESCO's Man and the Biosphere program. Individual projects should not exceed 5000 USD. Priority is given to projects implement...

Units at the Ministry of the Environment and Water (MOEW) - the Regional Inspectorates for Environment and Water (RIEWs), will require all municipalities within the territory controlled to submit action plans for dealing with waste-contamination in populated areas and beyond. The initiative is also a continuation of one of the priority activities i...

Directors of the three national parks "Rila", "Pirin", and "Central Balkan" were appointed upon the completion of application procedures. Krasimir Andonov was appointed director of the Rila National Park Directorate (Rila National Park). He joined the Rila National Park in 2002 and held various expert positions, and in the periods 2010-2013 and 20...