Deputy Prime Minister for Climate Policy and Minister of Environment and Water Borislav Sandov met with H.E. Mrs. Baya Bensmail, Ambassador of the People’s Democratic Republic of Algeria to Bulgaria. The two discussed opportunities for cooperation in environmental protection and water management. Minister Sandov expressed readiness f...

  The Regional Inspectorate for Environment and Water (RIEW) - Haskovo suspended the activities of TPP “Maritsa 3” AD in Dimitrovgrad due to violations of air quality standards. Today the inspectorate issued a coercive administrative measure to stop the work of the combustion installation of the TPP. The decision came after a ser...

  The administrative-penal procedure by RIEW - Blagoevgrad for the established violations in the natural landmark the “Melnik Pyramids” continues. The act for establishing an administrative violation was served to the offender with assistance by the police authorities. The established violation was that in the range of the slope ...

  The Deputy Prime Minister for Climate Policy and Minister of Environment and Water Borislav Sandov joined an international campaign to raise awareness and change attitudes towards soil protection on the planet. On Tuesday, he met with Indian spiritual leader Sadhguru, the initiator of the Save Soil movement, and together the two called for ...

  A total of up to 60 million BGN will be provided by the Operational Program “Environment 2014 – 2020” (OPE) to improve the conservation status of forest natural habitats through afforestation. The program will also support the development of ecosystem services provided by forests through the application of silvicultural pr...

Deputy Prime Minister for Climate Policy and Minister of Environment and Water Borislav Sandov declared three century-old trees protected. The trees are of the maple-leaf species and are located in the “Crystal” Garden in the city of Sofia. The plane trees are approximately 100 years old, about 20m. high and of a circumference of 3.15 m...

The Minister of Environment and Water Borislav Sandov declared by order the “Malko Negovansko Ezero” (literal translation from Bulgarian: “Little Negovan Lake") a protected area. The natural landmark is located on the land of the village of Negovan within the municipality of Sofia, Sofia region, and covers an area of ​​49,916 deca...

The Ministry of Environment and Water invites representatives of non-governmental organizations to a second meeting on the European network “Natura 2000”, protected areas, and the Biodiversity Act. The meeting will take place on Friday, April 29, from 15:00h to 17:00h in the building of the Ministry of Environment and Water at 22 Knyag...

341 project proposals have been approved for funding under this year’s contest for the most original and environmentally friendly project within the traditional National Campaign “Clean Environment”. Of these, 135 are by municipalities and smaller settlements, 103 - in kindergartens, and 103 - in schools and centers for personal d...

We are working to promote electric mobility in Bulgaria, said Deputy Prime Minister for Climate Policy and Minister of Environment and Water Borislav Sandov during the opening of the round table “Transport of the future - clean energy at a fair price.” The event was organized by the head of the delegation of the Bulgarian Socialists in ...

“Preventing and reducing plastic waste should be our main priority. In the European Union we need to increase our ambition in this respect, especially as the amount of plastic waste continues to grow, said Deputy Prime Minister for Climate Policy and Minister of Environment and Water Borislav Sandov at the official presentation of an initiati...

Bulgaria has fulfilled its obligations under the Marine Strategy Framework Directive to update the initial assessment of the state of the marine environment, the criteria for determining a good status in the marine environment, as well as the set of environmental objectives and the relevant indicators. This creates an opportunity to discontinue the...