Open letter to European Commission on proposed restriction of civil rights in Bulgaria
July 21, 2017
Legal complaint lodged to save protected Bulgarian Gorge from destructive motorway
July 12, 2017
A controversial EU-funded motorway is allegedly already breaking EU nature laws. Its completion through the Kresna Gorge nature reserve would be catastrophic for protected animals and plants in the region. A legal complaint calls on the Commission to investigate breaches of EU law.
Illegal damage and threat of destruction of the Kresna Gorge, Bulgaria – full complaint
July 12, 2017
This complaint to the EU Commission was lodged to save the protected Bulgarian Kresna Gorge from a destructive motorway that received EU funding. It alleges that the construction of the controversial motorway is already breaking EU nature laws, and war
Illegal damage and threat of destruction of the Kresna Gorge, Bulgaria – complaint summary
July 12, 2017
This is a summary of a complaint to the EU Commission that was lodged to save the protected Bulgarian Kresna Gorge from a destructive motorway that received EU funding. It alleges that the construction of the controversial motorway is already breaking EU nature laws, and warns that completing the final section through Kresna Gorge nature reserve would be catastrophic for protected animals and plants in the region.
Bulgaria risks unnecessary breach of nature laws, threatening EUR 800 million of EU funding
March 2, 2017
The building of an EU-funded motorway linking Bulgaria and Greece, through Kresna Gorge – a stunning wildlife haven protected by EU nature laws – would be a disaster for nature and local people, and could result in up to €781 million being returned to the European Commission, claim Bulgarian and international NGO experts.
Letter to the European Commission regarding the shift of Kresna Gorge motorway’s financing to past 2013
July 23, 2009
EU financing of the motorway corridor through Kresna Gorge, the most controversial and difficult section of the Struma motorway, has been shifted to the next financial period 2014-2020. While an agreement between NGOs and the Bulgarian government states that the route will be implemented via tunnel(s) in order to preserve the area’s great biodiversity, environmentalists now fear that once other parts of the motorway are completed, the tunnel route might be scrapped by the Bulgarian authorities.
