Bulgaria is ready to absorb 1,300 million euro for Environment 2007-13 Operational Programme projects, Environment and Waters Minister Djevdet Chakurov said during a press conference at the programme's unveiling Wednesday.

Chakurov furnished examples and figures for a number of projects which are ready and waiting for financing in the areas of "Waters" and "Waste".

Two working meeting are planned for January 2008, in which Chakurov and representatives from municipalities bordering the Black Sea will discuss the construction of filter stations on the sea's shores. Chakurov said that these projects were even ready to get under way in 2007.