The court argued that without conducting the required environmental assessment , " the Ministry had no basis to make a proper estimate whether the actions from the plan would have an impact on the environment or not . " The three-judge panel noted that such assessment must be based on the criteria of the Environmental Assessment Regulation , which had not been the case so far . Even though they briefly celebrated the Supreme Administrative Court ruling , Bulgarian environmental activists are cautious to consider it an end to their struggle to # SavePirin , as they are aware that powerful financial interests would like to claim the land for their tourism projects .
Крупнейшие СМИ Болгарии , по большей части контролируемые олигархами , никак не осветили событие , либо представили протесты незначительными или немногочисленными .