BlueLink News http://bluelink.net/en/index.php News: News Wed, 15 Jul 2009 08:30:18 GMT en-usThis is an XML content feed. It is intended to be viewed in a newsreader or syndicated to another site, subject to copyright and fair use. FT: Under threat from unregulated development http://www.bluelink.net/en/index.shtml?x=41501 As one of Europe’s richest areas for wildlife, Bulgaria has included more than one-third of its territory in the European Union’s Natura 2000 system for protecting the environment. FT: Under threat from unregulated development http://www.bluelink.net/en/index.shtml?x=41501 As one of Europe’s richest areas for wildlife, Bulgaria has included more than one-third of its territory in the European Union’s Natura 2000 system for protecting the environment. Six Bulgarian Beaches Fail Brussels Tests http://www.bluelink.net/en/index.shtml?x=41434 Novinite.com Six out of ninety-three bathing areas along Bulgaria's Black Sea coast do not meet the mandatory values for cleanliness of the water, according to a report of the European Commission. Working group to review OP Environment projects http://www.bluelink.net/en/index.shtml?x=41435 The Sofia Echo Deputy Prime Minister Meglena Plougchieva has ordered the creation of a working group to evaluate the budgets of projects applying for funding under the European Union's operational programme Environment, the Cabinet said in a statement. World Environment Day: EU plea for urgency http://www.bluelink.net/en/index.shtml?x=41408 The Sofia Echo On the eve of World Environment Day, June 5, European Environment Commissioner Stavros Dimas called for greater urgency and ambition in international negotiations on a new global climate agreement, saying that it represents the world’s last chance to prevent climate change from reaching dangerous levels. Zoo in Bulgaria's Aytos Turns 40 http://www.bluelink.net/en/index.shtml?x=41348 The zoo in the eastern Bulgarian town of Aytos celebrated Monday 40 years since its founding. The World Bank: Environmentally sustainable reforms are key for preserving Bulgaria’s forests http://www.bluelink.net/en/index.shtml?x=41282 The World Bank presents study on policy options in forestry to Government officials and EU partners today. Infringement procedures for ecology http://www.bluelink.net/en/index.shtml?x=41273 The European Commission has initiated three related to ecology infringement procedures against Bulgaria. The first of them concerns lapses in Bulgaria’s CO2 emission quotas plan, which Bulgaria failed to send in time (by 15th January), Focus Information Agency reported. Internet freedom essential for revitalizing activism http://www.bluelink.net/en/index.shtml?x=41182 Looking back at 2004 - 2008 APC assessment BlueLink defines future action priorities EU money for Slovak roads must not back EU legal violations warn environment groups http://www.bluelink.net/en/index.shtml?x=41130 Breaches of both European regulations and Slovak legislation during the preparation of the D1 motorway construction in central Slovakia have compelled Slovak environment groups to write to the European Investment Bank (EIB) and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) urging the public banks not to go ahead with loans for a EUR 570 million public-private partnership section of t