Northern Part of Varna’s Kabakum Beach Polluted with Oil Products 2026

Balgarianovinite.com Pollution with a used petroleum product, most likely heavy fuel oil, was detected Saturday morning in the northern part of Kabakum Beach, the press service of the Varna Regional Administration reported. The alert was raised by a local resident.
An emergency meeting of the disaster response headquarters was convened, chaired by Regional Governor Andriyana Andreeva. Regional Inspectorate of Environment and Water, Basin Directorate, Varna Municipality, and Regional Administration teams began work to contain the pollution and identify who is responsible.
According to the Regional Inspectorate of Environment and Water, the source of the pollution is onshore rather than at sea. The contamination is linked to a hydrotechnical facility used for wastewater discharge. No pollution of seawater has been detected. The Basin Directorate confirmed that the pollution is localized and has been stopped.
According to an assessment by the Emergency and Rescue Activities Directorate, just over 200 square meters of the beach area have been affected. The volume of sand requiring removal and cleanup is estimated at between 4 and 20 cubic meters.
The Regional Administration stated that the potential polluter is a hotel in the area. Police officers are working to determine whether there is evidence of a criminal offense.
Under the regional oil spill response plan, responsibility for organizing cleanup operations lies with the mayor, the Regional Administration added. The environmental inspectorate has issued mandatory instructions to both the polluter and the municipal authorities to carry out the cleanup.
In early April 2025, a partial state of disaster was declared in Varna due to shoreline pollution with petroleum products. At the time, experts believed the source was at sea rather than on land, but no specific culprit was identified. Over the course of several days, the contaminated sand was collected and removed from the beach. Northern Part of Varna’s Kabakum Beach Polluted with Oil Products 2026 THE NEWS FROM BULGARIA – NEWS AGENCY 2009-2025 2026-01-31 17:36:10 Latest news World news Country news Most important news latest news most important latest of the day Justice Petar Nizamov Feathers Petar Nizamov- Feathers Justice bg iustitia.bg iustitia iusticia usticia investigation Burgas Bulgaria news news of the last hour news of the day news of today Bulgaria news The news from Bulgaria blitz news top news most important most commented latest news Boyko Borisov news weather coronavirus news news weather facebook youtube facebook instagram news today news of the last minutes news today today news news bg news leading news hot news bg news site for news all news news bg news of the last hour latest latest news bg news of today news today news today news of the last hour latest news today news bg news news 24 hours news vesti bg novini news world bird bg bivol bg bivol trud bg novini latest news today novinite bg news hello bulgaria political party coat of arms delyan peevski scandalous Bulgarian National Television Free Europe Television scandal exclusive live tv live right now tv tv online tv program bg live now tv news online tv online live court Burgas court Burgas district court Burgas court Burgas district court Burgas district court Burgas appellate court Burgas prosecutor Burgas prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Prosecutor General Ivan Geshev Prosecutor Geshev Tsatsarov Ministry of Internal Affairs Burgas ODMR Burgas ODPR Burgas police Burgas district police Burgas prosecutor Tsatsarov SGS cases Varna court chairman of the SGS court decisions on civil cases decisions on cases Plovdiv court decision of the court decisions cases Varna court criminal cases district district court decisions work in the court SGS chairman of the SGS judges Sofia court post judges Plovdiv court Plovdiv judges Plovdiv Supreme Court Inspectorate Supreme Court Supreme Judicial Council lawyer lawyer criminal cases lawyer civil cases lawyer marriage cases lawyer administrative criminal law criminal process civil law civil process administrative law constitutional law