The 9th session of the Council of Europe Landscape Award 2025-2026 will be held in 2025. For the Parties to the Council of Europe Landscape Convention, the Landscape Award aims to raise civil society awareness of the value of landscapes, their role, and changes in them. This session of the award will mark the 25th anniversary of the Convention. The...

In connection with the fire that occurred on July 21 in the area of the town of Kostinbrod, experts from the Regional Inspectorate for Environmental Protection - Sofia requested a report from the nearest measuring station (Automatic Measuring Station "Nadezhda") on the quality of the atmospheric air, located in the Western part of the capital. The ...

"The challenges facing the water sector cannot wait - strategic partnership and immediate action are needed," said the Deputy Minister of Environment and Water Atanas Kostadinov today during a national discussion forum organized by the Bulgarian Water Association. The event brought together experts, institutions and representatives of the sector in...

There are no exceedances of ceilings for air indicators in the Bobov Dol TPP area after the fire that occurred yesterday evening at the plant. The data at both measurement points of the monitored indicators reported values below the ambient air quality ceilings and no exceedances have been established. Due to the fire in a transformer on the terri...

A team of the Regional Inspectorate for Environment and Water - Sofia (RIEW - Sofia) is conducting an inspection in connection with a fire report received for the territory of Bobov Dol TPP AD, Golemo Selo village. At 20:50 on July 20, a fire broke out in the plant's own block transformer at Power Boiler No. 1. The flames engulfed the transformer,...

An employee of the Central Balkan National Park received a photo from a camera trap yesterday, which captured violators with long-barreled hunting weapons near the border of the protected area with that of the State Forestry Administration (SFA) - Teteven. An alert was immediately sent to the director of the Forestry and the Regional Department of ...

The Minister of Environment and Water Manol Genov signed a memorandum of understanding with which Bulgaria joins the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF). The GBIF is an international network and data infrastructure funded by governments around the world, which provides international open access to a modern and complete database of all l...

During the 47th Session of the UNESCO World Heritage Committee in Paris, the Ministry of Environment and Water participated in a forum for biodiversity conservation and a meeting of the international environmental community Greenmachine The conservation of natural heritage is a global task, possible by uniting the efforts, knowledge, and energ...

With the increased risk of fires as a result of high temperatures in the peak of summer, the regional inspectorates of environment and water (RIEWs) and the directorates of national parks (DNPs) are ready to implement the fire prevention plans in the protected areas in their regions. Plans have been prepared for the notification at all levels in th...

  The analyses of the Executive Environment Agency will serve to determine restoration measures By order of the Minister of Environment and Water Manol Genov of June 23, the soil monitoring systems have been updated. A new system for a third level monitoring is being introduced - monitoring of local soil pollution, while the two existing...

In the late afternoon today, the transfer of water from the Danube River to the water mirror of the Srebarna reserve began. Currently, the transfer is being conducted with one hydropump with a capacity of 400 m3/hour, provided by the General Directorate of Fire Safety and Civil Protection (GDFSCP). A second hydropump is to be delivered tomorrow. T...

  The Fifth Joint Danube Study marks a new milestone in international water cooperation The fifth edition of the Joint Danube Study (JDS) officially launched on 1 June 2025 in Vienna. The Joint Danube Study takes place every six years. This year, it builds on the legacy of previous editions and brings together experts from the entire Dan...