"On 19 February 2013 the Ecological Council of the Ministry of the Envrironment and Water (MoEW) approved an amendment to the Management Plan of the Pirin National Park so that the restriction regimes ...

Ice Age Reminders After thousands of years, the work of glaciers remains evident in Pirin National Park. More than 70 glacial lakes exist, echoes of the last ice age. The carving power of ice is ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

The director of the Pirin National Park in Bulgaria resigned and was dismissed from the Ministry of Environment over concerns that he is in a strong conflict of interests and thus unfit to manage ...

"On 19 February 2013 the Ecological Council of the Ministry of the Envrironment and Water (MoEW) approved an amendment to the Management Plan of the Pirin National Park so that the restriction regimes ...

Pirin National Park is a precious World Heritage site, covering mountain landscapes, amazing waterfalls and coniferous forests. It is home to the brown bear, wolves and many other threatened species, ...

The extension now covers an area of around 40,000 ha in the Pirin Mountains, and overlaps with the Pirin National Park, except for two areas developed for tourism (skiing). The dominant part of the ...

2002, 2004, 2011: Joint World Heritage Centre/IUCN Reactive Monitoring missions; 2018: IUCN Advisory mission 2018 IUCN Advisory Mission to the World Heritage property “Pirin National Park”, Bulgaria, ...

2002, 2004, 2011: Joint World Heritage Centre/IUCN Reactive Monitoring missions; 2018: IUCN Advisory mission 2018 IUCN Advisory Mission to the World Heritage property “Pirin National Park”, Bulgaria, ...