Environmentalists from all over the country are organizing protests today against the amendments to the Water Act and the regulation on the use of surface waters, proposed by the Minister of Environment and Water in the caretaker government Asen Lichev.
“The amendments aim to mitigate the requirements for building new hydroelectric power stations in protected territories,” Nikolay Grazhdanski from Panega 2021 angling club commented for the BNR. According to Dimitar Kumanov from Balkanka association the amendments proposed legalize the illegally built power stations. “With the exception of three hydroelectric power plants, all others do not have constituted construction rights, and the minister wants this situation to go on forever,” he added.
The Visitor Centre on Lake Pomorie will be welcoming visitors free of charge today, 1 February, on the occasion of World Wetlands Day, which will be celebrated on 2 February. This was announced by the Municipality of Pomorie. The centre will be open..
On Saturday, fog or low clouds will cover the plains and sheltered valleys. Minimum temperatures will be between 0 and 5°C, around 1°C in Sofia. Sunny weather will prevail during the day, with more clouds in the northeast and in the afternoon in the..
In the midst of the campaign to pay taxes for the past 2024, the National Revenue Agency has reminded influencers, bloggers, vloggers and other online content creators, as well as traders on social networks, that they are obliged to declare their income..
Bulgaria received the first F-16 Block 70 aircraft at the Lockheed Martin production facility in Greenville, USA. With this act the country’s strategic..
Cabinet members, public figures and members of the public honoured the memory of the innocent victims of the communist regime in the country following..
Bulgaria’s consul to Sweden Stefan Stoykov has met with the eight Bulgarian sailors, members of the crew of the ship Vezhen suspected of sabotaging a..
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