Bulgaria may be sanctioned by the European institutions with over EUR 500 million due to the bad waste management, the MEP from Renew Europe Group and former Minister of Environment and Water Iskra Mihaylova announced in an interview for the Bulgarian National Radio commenting the case related to the Italian waste found on Varna Port. The import of waste in Bulgaria has exceeded the capacity of the companies to treat waste which is a result of the lack of control, MEP Mihailova pointed out. She reminded that in 2013 and 2014 Bulgaria had problems with waste utilization and the European Commission started infringement procedure against this country for unauthorized landfills and that such dump sites still exist in Bulgaria.
The European Commission has decided to close the infringement procedure against Bulgaria for the non-implementation of its obligations to review and update the Second Flood Risk Management Plans and the Third River Basin Management Plans. A statement..
Physicist Acad. Ivan Todorov passed away at the age of 91, the press center of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences announced. Acad. Todorov was a scientist with outstanding achievements and world recognition in the field of modern..
Sofia Airport operates normally in winter conditions, BTA has reported. The runways for take off and landing have been cleaned. The aircraft are being treated against icing. Passengers are advised to arrive at the terminals at..
The Bulgarian Ministry of Tourism will work to create a map of important, but hard-to-reach tourist and cultural-historical sites. The goal is then to..
Bulgarian Finance Minister Temenuzhka Petkova will travel to Brussels to provide an update on Bulgaria’s progress towards euro area accession. The..
Bulgaria’s President Rumen Radev named Sofia Airport after the Apostle of Freedom Vasil Levski, the press secretariat of the head of state announced...
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