Environment Ministry

The European Commission transferred BGN 557 M to Bulgaria for reimbursing certified expenses under the Environment Operational Programme for the 2007-2013 programme period.

With the latest transfer, the total funds allocated by the Commission under the programme amounted to nearly BGN 1.4 B, the Environment Ministry informs.

Bulgaria's Environment Ministry has boasted about a substantial reduction in the use of single-use thin plastic bags over the past two years.

The conclusion of the Energy Ministry is based on receipts from fees on plastic bags thinner than 25 microns and smaller than 390/490 mm, according to reports of Sega daily.

The Turkish Environment and Urbanization Ministry has prepared a special environment protection plan for the Ihlara Valley in Turkey?s central Anatolian province of Aksaray, where the construction of daily facilities such as buffets and tea gardens will be permitted.

Bulgaria's Environment Ministry has initiated a lawsuit against Yulen AD, the concessionaire of the Bansko ski zone, and is seeking BGN 178 482 in unpaid sums from the company.

The Environment Ministry is seeking unpaid sums amounting to 5% of the annual concession fee.

Construction works of a holiday village at campsite Yug (South) on Bulgaria's Black Sea coast will be stopped temporarily over minor flaws in the documents, according to Regional Development Minister Lilyana Pavlova.

A code orange warning has been issued by authorities in twelve Bulgaria districts as Southern and Eastern Bulgaria have seen heavy downpours in the past 24 hours.

The districts affected are Silistra, Dobrich, Shumen and Varna (in the north-east), Burgas and Yambol (south-east), Haskovo, Kardzhali, Smolyan, Plovdiv, Pazardzhik (south) and Blagoevgrad (southwestern Bulgaria).

Environment minister Ivelina Vasileva has suggested that Bulgaria still faces the threat of an infringement procedure over the delayed implementation of the waste management systems.

Vasileva inspected Thursday the progress of the implementation of the regional waste management system in Pernik.

The Gorna Arda hydropower complex project has not been frozen despite the fact that the launch of construction works has been delayed for almost a year, according to Werner Casagrande, Chairperson of the Management Board of Hydropower Company Gorna Arda AD.

A plan that would pave the way for widespread construction on the Aegean island of Bozcaada, one of Turkey's untouched tourism destinations, has been canceled, Environment and Urbanization Minister ?dris Güllüce has said.

The Environment Ministry has approved the controversial plan for a new port project in Istanbul's Zeytinburnu district, Zeyport, which had previously been cancelled by the Council of State over urban planners' concerns.