Balgarianovinite.com GERB-UDF Deputy Floor Leader and Parliamentary Health Committee Chair Kostadin Angelov has given the Regional Inspectorate of Environment and Water (RIEW) in Veliko Tarnovo a seven-day deadline to resolve the town’s air quality problems caused by emissions from the local industrial plant Kronospan Bulgaria. In a statement sent to the media on Tuesday, Angelov urged the regional environmental authority to take full responsibility in response to hundreds of citizen complaints about suffocation and polluted air.
Angelov stressed that no compromise can be made when it comes to the health of Veliko Tarnovo residents. According to him, business and investment are welcome in the city, but European environmental standards must be strictly observed, as “business cannot come before people’s health.”
The MP called on all institutions responsible for public health to stop hiding behind regulations and to act in defence of the citizens’ interests. He cited social media posts by residents reporting fine dust particles accumulating on laundry, balconies, and cars.
Angelov expressed skepticism about claims that Kronospan had invested BGN 20 million in filters, noting that, according to the company’s chief environmentalist, “everything coming from the chimneys is just steam.”
“I will not stop as long as even one person doubts the steam from Kronospan’s chimneys. I promise the new heads of RIEW and the Regional Health Inspectorate (RHI) that if they fail to protect the health and interests of Veliko Tarnovo residents, I will be equally uncompromising with them,” Angelov said.
On November 7, Health Minister Silvi Kirilov dismissed RHI-Veliko Tarnovo Director Evgenia Nedeva, and ordered an urgent investigation into all facts and circumstances related to air quality in the city. On the same date, an extraordinary comprehensive inspection of Kronospan began at the request of Veliko Tarnovo Mayor Daniel Panov. Parliamentary Health Committee Chair Gives Seven Days to Regional Environment Inspectorate to Address Air Pollution in Veliko Tarnovo 2025 THE NEWS FROM BULGARIA – NEWS AGENCY 2009-2025 2025-11-11 20:59:12 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
