Via Pontica Foundation and the Municipality of Burgas organized the cleaning of the beach north of the “Chernomorski solnici”- (Black Sea salt pans), located 10 km from Bourgas. The volunteers gathered on 30.09.2020 at 13:30. The third cleaning in a row this year on Solnitsite beach –Salt Pans Beach was again the work of […]

On July 17, 2020, the team of the Via Pontica Foundation took part in a cleaning campaign in the area of Lake Vaya, the Gorno Ezerovo neighborhood and other wetlands around the city of Burgas. The campaign is implemented within the project “Joint cross-border initiatives for reduction of marine litter in Aegean and Black Sea […]

he team of the Via Pontica Foundation took part in a working meeting of stakeholders on “Pollution of Lake Pomorie with Litter”, organized under the project “Environmental awareness and behavior to stop pollution in significant wetlands of the Black Sea basin (BioLEARN)”, funded by the Black Sea Basin Joint Operational Program 2014-2020 (ENI CBC Joint […]

When we think of public health risks, we may not think of the ocean. Increasingly, however, the health of the ocean is intimately tied to our health. Some may be surprised to read that organisms discovered at extreme depths are used to speed up the detection of COVID-19, and probably even more to learn that, […]

The team of the Via Pontica Foundation shares with joy that we are already successfully promoting our volunteer initiative related to the RedMarLitter BSB 552 project “Innovative techniques and methods for reducing marine litter in the Black Sea coastal areas” under priority 2.2. “Awareness raising and joint actions to reduce river and marine litter” of […]

On February 20, 2020, Information Day was held in the city of Burgas, at the Flora Exhibition Center of the Seaside Park, Hall # 2, on the Call for proposals “Small Grant Scheme for Marine Litter Reduction Measures” under the Outcome 2: “Assessment, Monitoring and Management System of Marine Waters Developed” under the Environment Protection […]

On 07.02.2020, in the Exposition Center “Flora” Burgas, Via Pontica Foundation together with the Municipality of Burgas and RIEW Burgas opened Days of Wetlands 2020. As a full member of Wetlands International and in coordination with the Ramsar Convention, on the occasion February 2 – World Wetlands Day, the Foundation organizes an annual campaign to […]

n November 1, 2019, at 10:00 am, at the Flora Exhibition Center Burgas, for the eleventh time, a national round table “Sea – border or door” was held. The event brought together representatives of regional and local authorities, universities, educational structures, cultural institutes, non-governmental organizations and citizens. The event’s patron, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Marusya Lyubcheva, […]

On October 30, 2019, on the eve of the International Black Sea Day, the Black Sea Basin Directorate of the Ministry of Environment and Water (MOEW) organized an Information Meeting to raise awareness of the consequences for the marine environment, caused by marine waste at the Sea Casino Cultural Center, city of Burgas. Experts from […]