Balgarianovinite.com Residents of Silistra blocked the road leading to the border checkpoint with Romania in protest against high electricity bills. Some of the demonstrators waved Bulgarian flags and carried banners with messages such as “No to monopolies!”, “Stop robbing the people”, and “No to the energy mafia”.
The protest was organized by an informal civic group. According to the organizers, the discontent was triggered by numerous reports and complaints from citizens about increased electricity bills in recent months. Another serious problem cited was the frequent power outages and voltage fluctuations in some settlements, including the villages of Aydemir and Kalipetrovo.
Some of those present said that their bills for January and February were roughly twice as high as those for December, despite no significant difference in electricity consumption. Several participants said they had paid bills of between EUR 300 and 400 for the past month and expressed concerns about the impact on their family budgets. Some protesters also said they were not receiving sufficient clarity about how the bills were calculated and called for a public response from the electricity supplier.
The protest is expected to continue until 2:00 pm.
Over the last weeks, citizens have held protests against the high electricity bills in several cities across the country, including Plovdiv (South Central Bulgaria) and Shumen (Northeastern Bulgaria). On Friday, Caretaker Energy Minister Traicho Traikov stressed that a large share of the higher electricity bills is due to increased energy consumption. He said that on the regulated market in December, compared to November 2025, electricity sales increased by 33% for Electrohold, 47% for Energo-Pro, and 41% for EVN (Southeastern Bulgaria). In January 2026, compared to December 2025, sales rose by 14.5% for Electrohold, 14.3% for Energo-Pro, and 16.2% for EVN. Silistra Residents Block Border Crossing with Romania in Protest over High Electricity Bills 2026 THE NEWS FROM BULGARIA – NEWS AGENCY 2009-2025 2026-03-07 11:35:00 Latest news World news Country news Most important news latest news most important latest of the day Justice Petar Nizamov Feathers Petar Nizamov- Feathers Justice bg iustitia.bg iustitia iusticia usticia investigation Burgas Bulgaria news news of the last hour news of the day news of today Bulgaria news The news from Bulgaria blitz news top news most important most commented latest news Boyko Borisov news weather coronavirus news news weather facebook youtube facebook instagram news today news of the last minutes news today today news news bg news leading news hot news bg news site for news all news news bg news of the last hour latest latest news bg news of today news today news today news of the last hour latest news today news bg news news 24 hours news vesti bg novini news world bird bg bivol bg bivol trud bg novini latest news today novinite bg news hello bulgaria political party coat of arms delyan peevski scandalous Bulgarian National Television Free Europe Television scandal exclusive live tv live right now tv tv online tv program bg live now tv news online tv online live court Burgas court Burgas district court Burgas court Burgas district court Burgas district court Burgas appellate court Burgas prosecutor Burgas prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Prosecutor General Ivan Geshev Prosecutor Geshev Tsatsarov Ministry of Internal Affairs Burgas ODMR Burgas ODPR Burgas police Burgas district police Burgas prosecutor Tsatsarov SGS cases Varna court chairman of the SGS court decisions on civil cases decisions on cases Plovdiv court decision of the court decisions cases Varna court criminal cases district district court decisions work in the court SGS chairman of the SGS judges Sofia court post judges Plovdiv court Plovdiv judges Plovdiv Supreme Court Inspectorate Supreme Court Supreme Judicial Council lawyer lawyer criminal cases lawyer civil cases lawyer marriage cases lawyer administrative criminal law criminal process civil law civil process administrative law constitutional law