Balgarianovinite.com GERB-UDF MP Nikolay Nankov told journalists in the National Assembly on Friday that the Chairman of the Board of the Bulgarian Water and Sewerage Holding, Lozko Lozev, has coordinated water price hikes in Bulgaria.
“He is currently a regional coordinator for Continue the Change – Democratic Bulgaria (CC-DB) in Haskovo, while being chairman of the Holding,” Nankov said.
He said he obtained the information from official correspondence of over 30 directors of water institutions.
During a briefing of the Council of Ministers earlier on Friday, caretaker PM Andrey Gurov said that the proposal for the water price hike was adopted in December 2025 by the Energy and Water Regulation Commission (EWRC) but was postponed on purpose, so that “it would explode in the hands of the caretaker cabinet”.
“There was no deadline in former minister Ivan Ivanov’s directions, so the words ‘the hike was postponed’ are semantically incorrect. The increase was not supposed to happen this or next year in any region where there are water supply issues until those issues are resolved,” Nankov added.
Former Minister of Energy Zhecho Stankov said that according to the EWRC decision, utility bills should have increased by no more than 2.5%, and not 14.5% as PM Gurov mentioned. “I advise PM Gurov to talk with his Energy Minister Traicho Traikov before giving such statements,” Stankov continued.
In relation to the Yes, Bulgaria party demanding Water and Sewerage Holding’s Irena Georgieva-Deneva’s resignation, Nankov said: “I assume that the members of the party communicate not with each other, but through the media.” Water Price Hikes Have Been Coordinated by Water and Sewerage Holding Chair, GERB-UDF Says 2026 THE NEWS FROM BULGARIA – NEWS AGENCY 2009-2025 2026-02-27 14:55:27 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