Since the beginning of this year, the Ministry of Environment and Water has paid 223,000 BGN in compensation for damages caused by the brown bear species. By the beginning of September 2021, about 128,000 BGN had been paid. The Deputy Prime Minister for Climate Policy and Minister of Environment and Water Borislav Sandov resumed payments an...

  Minister Sandov held a video meeting with the team of the European Investment Bank (EIB) for Bulgaria. The EIB representatives presented the progress with the implementation of the Agreement on support for infrastructure projects in the water sector, financed under Operational Program Environment 2014-2020, which will be active until 2023. ...

“For the first time, the Ministry of Environment and Water will provide national funds for measures against air pollution,” said Deputy Prime Minister for Climate Policy and Minister of Environment and Water Borislav Sandov in the beginning of his participation in the Environment Council of the European Union in Brussels. Minister Sand...

Today, the Deputy Prime Minister for Climate Policy and Minister of Environment and Water participated in the European Union (EU) Environment Council in Brussels. This is the first participation at ministerial level in 2 years in this highest decision-making forum on environment in the EU. One of the main discussion topics was the new legislative ...

  Today, Deputy Prime Minister for Climate Change and Minister of Environment and Water Borislav Sandov met with the heads of the 15 regional inspectorates of environment and water (RIEW), the four basin directorates, and the three national parks. “Zero tolerance for corruption - this is the main goal of the coalition government and we...

Deputy Prime Minister for Climate Policy and Minister of Environment and Water Borislav Sandov took over the office from caretaker Minister Asen Lichev.  “I wish that in the next 4 years what we started will be continued and the work for the cause of protecting the nature of Bulgaria will be carried on,” said Asen Lichev, handing ...

The winners in the Green Olympics are already selected. After a one-year interruption, the initiative was resumed by Minister Asen Lichev, with this year's edition held online, without live events due to anti-epidemic measures.   The website www.zelenaolimpiada.com provided the opportunity to every student from 1st to 12th grade to test thei...

The Minister of Environment and Water signed an agreement with the Institute of Biodiversity and Ecosystem Research at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences to develop specific and detailed conservation objectives for 22 protected areas from the “Natura 2000” network. The development of specific and detailed conservation objectives is in l...

  The Minister of Environment and Water Asen Lichev informed the National Electric Company “NEK” EAD and the enterprise “Dams and Cascades” that, according to the forecast by the National Institute of Meteorology and Hydrology (NIMH), an increase in river levels are expected as a result of precipitation and snowmelt - ...

The European Commission has no comments on any of the three projects developed by the MOEW for the National Recovery and Resilience Plan. The projects are in the field of biodiversity conservation, environmental protection, and conservation of water resources by increasing the efficiency in the management of irreplaceable natural resources and can ...

Two consecutive inspections of dams have established that public interests within the meaning of the Water Act have been violated during activities in the dam basin, whereby a prerequisite has been created for negative impact on the reservoir rims, the facilities, water quality, and protected areas.  On inspection of the “Pech” qu...

The Minister of Environment and Water Asen Lichev issued an order for the designation of new trails for visitors in the “Sredoka” Reserve. The reserve is located on the territory of the Strandzha Nature Park within the land of Malko Tarnovo and the village of Stoilovo (Malko Tarnovo municipality).  The trails will be marked by RIE...