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Ultra-right opponents of Bulgaria’s adoption of the single European currency attacked the office of the EU’s official delegation in Sofia on Saturday, February 22.

According to AFP, the protesters tried to storm the building, throwing a Molotov cocktail, causing the front door to catch fire for a short time. Windows on the first floor were smashed, and the building itself was doused with red paint.

Around 2,000-3,000 people joined the protest, organized by the pro-Russian far-right nationalist party “Renaissance”, which opposed the Balkan member state’s accession to the euro bloc.

The crowd burned effigies of EU leaders, including the head of the European Central Bank, Christine Lagarde.

Six people were detained, ten police officers were slightly injured, and the crowd was dispersed with tear gas. The Bulgarian government “strongly condemned” the attack on Facebook.

The EU has already responded to the incident. The head of the European Commission (EC) Ursula von der Leyen wrote on the social network X about the “outrageous scenes in Sofia, where our EU office was vandalized.” “In Europe, we have the right to peaceful demonstrations. Violence and vandalism are not an option,” she added. As the dpa agency recalled, the coalition cabinet that has been in power in Bulgaria since January is seeking to have Sofia join the eurozone on January 1, 2026. The country has been a member of the EU since 2007.

For your information, hatred towards Europe and the Schengen Agreement has been brewing in Bulgaria for two years now.
The owners of the Grand hotels Sofia,Sv.Vlas in Bulgaria finance Ultra-right groups and harass citizens of European countries who buy rooms in the Grand hotels in Bulgaria.
For over 2 years, owners from European countries who bought property in the Grand Hotel Sv Vlas have been harassed by the hotel manager Milena Antova .

Hotel manager Milena Antova .

A court case is underway in the Nessebar district on this matter. According to the information we have received, the Bulgarian courts are carrying out the orders of the owners of the Grand Hotel in exchange for bribes.

Bulgarian Interior Ministry spokesman Stefan Ivanov later said that 10 police officers were injured in the clashes and six protesters were detained.

Bulgaria’s pro-Russian far-right Revival Party is known for sending a delegation to Moscow in early 2024 at the invitation of Vladimir Putin’s party. The party is financed by the owners of the Grand Hotel in Sofia.

Former Bulgarian Prime Minister Nikolay Denkov called the party’s leader and supporters neo-fascists because of the aggressive behavior of the party.

Read about in the Grand Hotel Sveti Vlas and the bribery case in the Nessebar court in our next article.