Today the European Commission adopted a decision to close the infringement procedure for non-fulfillment by Bulgaria of obligations under the Floods Directive. The procedure was launched on October 30, 2020 because the country did not meet the deadline for reviewing and updating the preliminary flood risk assessments, which had to be final...

During his visit to the city of Vratsa yesterday, the Minister of Environment and Water Borislav Sandov discussed the environmental problems of the region of Vratsa with the regional Governor Stefan Krasimirov. The meeting was attended by the Deputy Governor Krassimir Kolev and a group of municipal councilors from “Democratic Bulgaria”....

May 21 marks the 30th anniversary of the creation of the “Natura 2000” network of protected areas in the European Union (EU), which is one of the most successful instruments for preserving Europe’s rich natural heritage. The Ministry of Environment and Water (MOEW) will celebrate the anniversary with various initiatives by its re...

The Minister of Environment and Water Borislav Sandov spoke with representatives of the protesters from “TPP Maritsa 3” EAD – Dimitrovgrad today. The company’s legal adviser Yuliyan Semerdzhiev presented a protest letter demanding that the thermal power plant be allowed to commence operation as soon as possible. Minister Bor...

  The Ministry of Environment and Water, Four Paws Foundation, and the environmental organization WWF today returned into the wild the three bear cubs that were found abandoned in the Rhodopes last June. In the summer of 2021, Huba, Vihar, and Goran were discovered by the RIEW-Smolyan team stressed, scared, and without a mother, and were sho...

  “Blagoevgrad is one of the most beautiful and clean cities in Bulgaria but, as everywhere, there are people who pollute. It is up to all of us to limit the uncontrolled dumping of waste. It has been proven that the cleaner it is around us, the less pollution occurs. And cleaner means healthier,” said the Minister of Environment ...

  The forced suspension of the activity of TPP “Maritza 3” AD in Dimitrovgrad remains in force. This was announced by the Minister of Environment and Water Borislav Sandov at a briefing today on the occasion of protests by workers from the TPP. “The company has asked to work at a lower capacity on the grounds that this is t...

  The Court of Justice of the European Union ruled today in case C-730/19, filed by the European Commission against Bulgaria for exceeding the norms of sulfur dioxide in the area of ​​Galabovo. In its ruling, the Court found that Bulgaria had committed a breach of EU law, in particular that: has failed to fulfill its obligations under Arti...

  There are no exceedances of the average daily and average hourly norms of harmful emissions of sulfur dioxide in Dimitrovgrad for the period from April 30 to May 5, 2022. Those remain below the critical threshold applicable to this air pollutant. On May 8 in the region there was an increase in sulfur dioxide levels as a result of the trans...

  Deputy Prime Minister for Climate Policy and Minister of Environment and Water Borislav Sandov was on an official visit to Belgrade, the Republic of Serbia, where he met with the Minister of Environmental Protection of the Republic of Serbia Irena Vujovic.  The two ministers signed a bilateral Agreement on Environmental Impact Assessm...

  In its ruling the Administrative Court in Haskovo rejected the request by TPP “Maritsa 3” - Dimitrovgrad to suspend the preliminary implementation of the order by which the Regional Inspectorate of Environment and Water - Haskovo imposed a coercive administrative measure to close the plant. With its act the court practically con...

  “Planting this new forest around Sofia protects us from dust, but it is also useful for biodiversity conservation,” said Deputy Prime Minister for Climate Policy and Minister of Environment and Water Borislav Sandov during afforestation near the village of Negovan within the initiative “Active afforestation” by Nestl...