Companies managing complex and significant dams are maintaining levels within optimal limits As of 20 April 2026, the total volume of water stored in complex and significant dams stands at 5 144.6 million cubic metres amounting to 78.71% of their total capacity. The Kamchia, Asenovets, and Pchelina dams are at 100% full, whilst the Srechenska...

The Minister of Environment and Water Julian Popov opened the exhibition “Sofia – City of Rivers” in the “Crystal” Garden and presented his vision of how the river spaces in the capital could look . The exhibition was created based on his idea, with the conceptual visualisation of selected river spaces realised by arch...

On 15 and 16 April 2026, experts from the Regional Inspectorate of Environment and Water-Sofia carried out unscheduled inspections at “Bobov Dol TPP” AD, Golemo Selo village, Bobov Dol municipality, in connection with reports received from citizens regarding air pollution. The inspections were conducted both outside the production site...

The Minister of the Environment and Water Julian Popov took part in the international conference “The Radioactive Decay of the Iron Curtain: Rethinking the Chernobyl Disaster in a Comparative Perspective” at New Bulgarian University. In his statement, Popov emphasised the profound traumatic impact that the disaster of 26 April 1986 con...

A second working meeting was held at the Ministry of Environment and Water with representatives of Bulgarian industry regarding the implementation of the ETS 1, ETS 2, and the Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) emissions trading schemes. The Minister of Environment and Water Julian Popov and experts from the Ministry discussed specific prop...

The Minister of Environment and Water Julian Popov met with the Ambassador of Ukraine to Sofia Her Excellency Ms Olesia Ilashchuk At the meeting, Ambassador Ilashchuk briefed the Minister on structural changes within the Ukrainian government and on the recently formed Ministry of Economy, Environment, and Agriculture of Ukraine. In relation to the...

Autopsies on the cetaceans revealed marks from fishing nets The Ministry of Environment and Water has handed over to the Public Prosecutor’s Office the results of the analysis of the dead birds and cetaceans found off Shabla. Following the receipt of all documents proving that the cause of death of the shearwaters and cetaceans was drown...

The Minister of Environment and Water Julian Popov took part in the discussion “Science and Innovation: Investment, Results, and Public Impact”, which was held at the University of National and World Economy (UNWE). During the event, Minister Popov presented an analysis of the main challenges facing the research system in Bulgaria, emph...

Over the next three days, water levels in river basins will remain below warning thresholds As of 14 April 2026, the total volume of water in complex and significant dams stands at 5 198.9 million cubic metres, representing 79.54% of their total capacity. The Kamchia, Asenovets, and Pchelina dams are 100% full, whilst the Srechenska Bar, Hris...

The focus of the inspections is on increased monitoring of waste-contaminated sites 238 inspections were carried out solely in response to complaints and reports from the public In March, experts from the 15 Regional Inspectorates for Environment and Water (RIEWs) across the country carried out 1 691 inspections at 1 422 sites. As part of the...

The Minister of the Environment and Water Julian Popov was a guest at the ceremony welcoming the research vessel “St. St. Cyril and Methodius” (NIK 421) in Varna after the successful 34th Antarctic expedition. “We just about to ratify the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea,” he emphasised in his address to thos...

The Ministry of Environment and Water has announced that a new Regulation (EU) 2024/1157 on the shipment of waste has been adopted at EU level, which will gradually replace the current Regulation (EC) No 1013/2006. The main aim of the changes is to facilitate reuse and recycling within the EU, to limit the export of waste to third countries, and to...