Ivelina Vasileva

Lot 2 of Bulgaria's Maritsa motorway is to be completed by end-May for the visit of EU Regional Policy Commissioner Corina Cretu.

The motorway section is to be officially unveiled during Cretu's visit to Bulgaria on May 28-29.

Bulgaria will be receiving BGN 32 B through EU funds during the upcoming program period 2014-2020 for sustainable development. The main purpose of the program will be to decrease the differences between regions, as stated by the Minister of Environment and Waters, Ivelina Vasileva during the Annual Meeting of Local Authorities of South-East Europe held in Plovdiv.

Bulgaria's government approved operational program Environment 2014-2020 on Wednesday, according to Environment Minister Ivelina Vasileva.

The program is now to be approved by the European Commission.

Vasileva, as cited by the BGNES news agency, made clear that the budget of the operational program stood at BGN 3.5 B.

Subway to the Sofia Business Park in Mladost 4 has been launched today.

The new segment of the underground network is 3-kilometer long with three new stops - Aleksandar Malinov, Akad. Aleksandar Teodorov- Balan and Business Park.

The total cost of the project amounts to EUR 44 M or a little less than EUR 15 M per kilometer.

After the initial refusal of the Bulgarian Environmental Ministry to recognize the existence of ''sand dunes'', Minister Ivelina Vasileva stated Monday that in fact that was the case.

Bulgaria could rely on EUR 160 M, which could be allocated under the EU Environment Operational Programme on flood and landslide prevention.

This was announced by the Deputy Environment Minister and former district governor of Sofia district Krasimir Zhivkov in an interview for private NOVA TV on Saturday.

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.

Bulgarian Deputy Prime Minister Tomislav Donchev has presented changes to public procurement legislation aimed at streamlining the process and transposing EU rules into domestic law.

The situation following days of heavy snowfall across Bulgaria is improving, though river levels remain high, the country's Environment Minister Ivelina Vasileva has said.

A barge carrying 850 tonnes of fertilisers on board sank in the Romanian port of Moldova Veche on Wednesday, while conducting manoeuvres.

The Romanian port lies approximately 200 kilometres upstream from the beginning of the Bulgarian section of the Danube and 250 kilometres from the town of Vidin.