Today the Minister of Environment and Water Asen Lichev revoked the decision to terminate the environmental impact assessment procedure (EIA, including the compatibility assessment) for “Pre-investment study for the route Montana-Sofia with a tunnel under Petrohan” commissioned by the Road Infrastructure Agency (RIA). According to lega...

RIEW-Sofia will impose an administrative violation penalty for the illegal landfills found in the area “Verdikal” on the territory of the capital district “Bankya”. During the inspection on May 21st, inspectors found pollution by construction waste, packaging waste, and parts of discarded vehicles. Under the Waste Managemen...

“I want to assure the people of the Northwest that I started my career with work on the ‘Hemus’ highway as a surveyor of the Pravets-Dzhurovo section, I approved the completion of the foundations of the highest bridge - Bebresh, and then I worked for 25 years in the MOEW and I am well acquainted with the entire process. The careta...

Today, the European Commission (EC) decided to close three criminal procedures against Bulgaria under the Circular Economy Package. These procedures are in the field of waste management and in particular related to the transposition in our national legislation of the European requirements under the Waste Framework Directive in relation to packaging...

The Ministry of Environment and Water held a meeting with representatives of the environmental Association “For the Earth” on issues addressed to the Minister of Environment and Water Asen Lichev at the end of May. The topics included GMO regulations in the EU, waste management, the use of RDF modified waste fuels, and air quality. The...

Asen Lichev: The dams are full, there will be drinking water for the Black Sea coast   08 June 2021 / 18:37   The Minister of Environment and Water Asen Lichev on the BTV talk show "Face to Face"   Conversation with Asen Lichev, Minister of Environment and Water Topic: The work of the caretaker government; audit at the Minist...

The Minister of Environment and Water eng. Asen Lichev approved programs for monitoring of surface and groundwater for the period 2021 - 2022, which are part of the river basin management plans adopted by decisions by the Council of Ministers. The implementation of the programs should have been financially secured at the end of last year, but this ...

“Exercise your powers competently and professionally, because thus we can protect our nature and stop encroachments on biodiversity.” This was said by the Deputy Minister of Environment and Water Emilia Toncheva at a meeting with the regional structures of the Ministry.  She gave the example of the most recent case with the poison...

A meeting at the Ministry of Environment and Water took place in the attendance of the Deputy Ministers of Environment and Water Emilia Toncheva and Reneta Koleva, the Head of Operational Program “Environment” (OPE) Valeria Kalcheva, a specialist from the Ministry of Regional Development and Public Works and 18 representatives of munici...

The Ministry of Environment and Water (MOEW) is making a new proposal for inclusion of measures in the Recovery and Resilience National Plan of Bulgaria in the part “Biodiversity”. The purpose of the proposed investment is to contribute to the Green Transition of Bulgaria. The measure is also in line with the EU 2030 Biodiversity Strat...

The MOEW political leadership met with the directors of the regional inspectorates of environment and water (RIEW), the basin directorates, the national parks, the Executive Environment Agency (EEA), and the Enterprise for Management of Environmental Protection Activities (EMEPA). At the meeting, current issues related to the activities of the Min...

Given the importance of the investment intention and the alleged negative impact on the environment, the Minister of Environment and Water Asen Lichev sent a letter today to the Road Infrastructure Agency (RIA) with a notification that the procedure can be resumed. In the letter, Minister Lichev emphasizes that the environmental impact assessment ...