The Minister of Environment and Water Asen Lichev visited the Municipality of Berkovitsa and showed media representatives where the problem areas are for the implementation of the Petrohan Pass. He was accompanied by the Regional Governor of Montana Valeri Dimitrov, the Deputy Minister of Environment and Water Petar Dimitrov, the Director...

Statement by the Minister of Environment and Water Asen Lichev in relation to the National Waste Management Plan for the period 2021-2028 adopted by the government I am proud to be a member of the caretaker government and I thank the Prime Minister and my fellow ministers for adopting a strategic document covering an eight-year period. This is the...

On June 18 (Friday) the meeting with non-governmental organizations (NGOs) at the Ministry of Environment and Water (MOEW) will be thematic - on the protection of the endangered species of brown bears (Ursus arctos). The management of the Ministry of Environment and Water, the Executive Forest Agency (EFA) at the Ministry of Agriculture and Food, a...

On initiative by the Deputy Ministers of Environment and Water Emilia Toncheva and Petar Dimitrov, a meeting was held today between the managements of RIEW - Smolyan, the South Central State Enterprise, and the Regional Directorate of Forestry - Smolyan. The meeting was attended by the RIEW - Smolyan Director eng. Ekaterina Gadzheva, eng. Zdravko B...

In less than 10 days, a third bear cub was rescued today by RIEW - Smolyan. The cub was found again in the area near the town of Chepelare in proximity to the main road between Plovdiv and Smolyan. During the rescue, employees from Territorial Branch State Forestry “Juniper” were also involved. According to the experts from RIEW-Smolya...

Good news in respect to the resumption of the work of the National Biodiversity Council and the submission to the Council of Ministers of the National Waste Management Plan for the period 2021-2028 was announced by Minister Asen Lichev at the fourth meeting with non-governmental organizations active in the environmental field. The plan is with an i...

A memorandum for joint actions and policies will be drafted between the MOEW and the National Association of Municipalities in the Republic of Bulgaria (NAMRB). This was decided during yesterday's meeting of the Minister of Environment and Water Asen Lichev and his political team with the Executive Director of NAMRB Silvia Georgieva, Vladimir Georg...

RIEW-Smolyan experts received a new signal about a bear cub located near the town of Chepelare (under the main road Smolyan - Chepelare - Plovdiv) and carried an on-site inspection. The inspection established that the cub had spent more than two hours alone in proximity to the main road. A team was immediately formed to search the area. No traces o...

The Deputy Minister of Environment and Water Reneta Koleva attended the groundbreaking ceremony for the project “Landfill closure restoration in the Municipality of Sapareva Banya”. The event was attended by the Mayor of the Municipality of Sapareva Banya Kalin Gelev, the Deputy Governor of Kyustendil Georgi Ilinov, as well as by repres...

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...