News from BlueLink

On March 4, 2018 after two years of preparation and three years of negotiations, 24 countries adopted the Escazú Convention, the region’s first ever legally binding treaty on environmental rights.

Almost one year ago, in March 2020, following the implementation plan of the EU Green Deal agreement, the European Commission prepared a proposal of a European Climate Law. It aims to set up a legally binding target of net-zero green-house gas emissions by 2050. Once the law is adopted all EU member states are bound to take necessary actions to meet the target.

Improving the dialogue between the Bulgarian government and various stakeholders and professional groups that will be directly affected by the implementation of the Bulgarian National Plan for Recovery and Resilience (NPRR) should be a leading element in finalizing the plan and its subsequent implementation during the period 2021-2024.

Ideas for an urgent revision of the Bulgarian National Plan for Recovery and Resilience (NPRR) after Coronavirus in five major areas were discussed by experts at a press conference, which was held on 15.01.2021 in Sofia. The event was organized by the Coalition "For a Green Restart".

Soon after Christmas midnights young men, soon married or single, come walking the streets of Milkovitsa. To sing - posisbly in two languages: Bulgarian and Wallach.  Local women passionately collect and preserve local traditions.

Sustainable use of the rich cultural and historical heritage along the Danube opens up new opportunities for tourism and business. With EU support, BlueLink will help local people in peripheral border and economically underdeveloped areas along the Danube in six countries to take advantage of these opportunities.

BlueLink will support defenders and advocates for European values, democracy, human and environmental rights in Bulgaria by providing a functional e-networking and information hub at www.bluelink.net.

Today, August 11th, 2020, I, the undersigned Dimitur Vassilev Velin, hereby declare a hunger strike, unlimited in time, in personal protest against the cleptocratic rule of the Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borisov and the impunity of the Head Prosecutor Ivan Geshev.

BlueLink has become a member of the European Center for Press and Media Freedom (ECPMF) - a non-profit organisation with the mission to promote, preserve and defend media freedom. BlueLink joined the pan-European organisation in the end of May 2020.