Ministry of Environment and Water

Bulgaria's Prosecutor General Sotir Tsatsarov has ordered the Ministry of Environment and Water (MoEW) to carry out an immediate inspection of potential environmental pollution at the district heating companies of Pernik and Sliven, and the thermal power plants of Bobov Dol and Brikel, following a report by the State Agency for National Security of a threat to country's environmental security p

The Ministry of Environment and Water (MOEW) proposes a ban on imports of diesel cars that do not meet the Euro 4 standard, which entered into force on January 1, 2005, according to the 24Hours newspaper.

No problems with dam levels or emergency situations with dam walls have been reported, Iliana Todorova from the Water Management Directorate of the Ministry of Environment and Water (MoEW) told Focus News Agency. 

Bulgaria, together with the countries of Central and Eastern Europe, will seek funding from the European Commission (EC) for electromobility projects in the next programming period, Nino Dimov, Minister of Environment and Water, announced at the opening of the National Trust Ecofund Annual Event (NTEF), which took place at the Ministry of Environment and Water.

Due to heavy rainfall, the operational unit at the Ministry of Environment and Water will monitor the state of the dams in the country.

Summarized information on Critical Level and Emergency Rivers, Critical Density Data and Assemblies, and information on affected areas will also be provided twice a day.

Irish Minister of Municipal Development, Natural Resources and Digital Development Seán Kyne will visit the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Forestry, the Ministry of Environment and Water, the Ministry of Transport, Information Technology and Communications as well as the National Assembly. Minister Seán Kyne will hold meetings with his Bulgarian counterparts.

The Ministry of Regional Development and Public Works has invested over BGN 75 million in the water supply and sewerage infrastructure over the last 4 years. Over the same period over BGN 332 million were re-invested by the WSS operators themselves funds collected by their subscribers and invested back to improve the systems.

The five-time World Cup winner and four times World Ski Champion Mark Ghirardelli announced at a meeting with several ministers that he is the majority owner of Yulen AD. He showed original documents from which it could be seen that he owned 100% of Tax Services Limited, which is the majority owner of Yulen AD. This is stated in a press release from the Ministry of Environment and Water.

Residents of three districts in Sofia (Krasna Polyana, Zapaden Park and Ovcha Kupel) on 11th of December protested against poor air quality. The protesters gathered in front of the Ministry of Environment and Water, reports BNT. 

The Ministry of Environment and Water (MoEW) announced the procedure through direct award of grants "Measures for improving the quality of the air" totaling BGN 111,442,101.58.