Bulgaria: Borovets Hotel Charges 5 Euros for Toilet Use, Sparks Tourist Outrage
A hotel in the Borovets ski resort has provoked criticism after charging 5 euros (approximately 9.80 BGN) for the use of its toilet facilities
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The once quiet "Sunny Beach" resort on the Bulgarian Black Sea Coast has grown to a concrete jungle over the last years. File Photo
The Business for Sale supplement of Financial Times has listed 140 Bulgarian businesses, offered for sale.
Most are real estate properties, but the offers also include companies such as a software business and even a TV channel.
Buyers are mostly attracted to hotels and family vacation homes. Listing prices are over USD 1 M to the record USD 35 M for a hotel in Bulgaria's largest summer resort "Sunny Beach.".
Properties for sale include a land plot near the Sofia airport, an office building in Sofia's "Lyulin" district, and hotels in nearly every Bulgarian beach and winter resort - "Sunny Beach," "Golden Sands,"Bozhentsi, "Chiflika," and "Borovets," among others.
Bulgaria has secured a six-month extension of the Lukoil waiver, following a decision by the US Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC)
The Bulgarian National Bank (BNB) has decided to increase the countercyclical capital buffer to 2.25%, in a move aimed at easing pressure on the rapidly growing housing credit market and strengthening the resilience of the banking system.
Energy expert Boyan Rashev has warned that Europe could be moving toward what he described as an “energy lockdown” scenario if fuel supply pressures continue to worsen
Fuel prices in Bulgaria have continued to edge upward, with diesel and gasoline both registering increases in the days following the Easter holiday
Bulgaria’s tourism sector has never been stronger and has been achieving steady growth for the past few years.
Industrial output in Bulgaria posted a modest monthly increase in February 2026, but continued to decline sharply on an annual basis, according to preliminary, seasonally adjusted data from the National Statistical Institute.
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