25 782 000 leva is the 2019 budget of Bansko municipality, adopted at today’s meeting of the 15 members' municipal council with a majority of 12 votes “for”. The priorities are infrastructure, education, social activity, and culture. The increase of the funds for “education” is by 20 %, the increase for social activities and services is by 16 %. Almost half of the funds planned in the budget...
Bansko municipal administration are about to launch a free mobile application "I Mayor". The platform allows active citizens to report on specific issues in the city and get quick feedback from the administration. By "I-mayor" can quickly and easily to capture and report various problems: pollution, damaged roads, improper parking, technical malfunctions, abandoned animals, crime, or any other problem that...
Nikolina Anghelkova, minister of Tourism, and Georgi Ikonomov, mayor of Bansko, met to discuss the upcoming winter season. At the meeting they talked about the readiness of the state institutions and the tourist industry to ensure a smooth winter season. Mayor Georgi Ikonomov opened the meeting and stated that the municipality is ready for the unproblematic start of the season. He explained that the...
Bansko’s mayor Georgi Ikonomov issued an order to cancel yesterday’s state of distress in the city. The state of distress has been announced due to the large amount of rain in the last 24 hours that led to a raise in the levels of the Glazne, Banderishka and Damyanitsa rivers, and caused material damages to several restaurants on the territory of Bansko’s ski area, as well as the destruction of two...
The Council of Ministers has approved the building of a conductive water main in Bansko. The water main will connect Karamanitsa -2, Karamanitsa -3, and Usipo, and the building will start at the beginning of November. The new water main will solve the problem with the insufficiently of drinking water in the upper part of the resort. We are waiting for the timeframes defined by the law to expire, so we...
“Bansko’s official celebration is a source of pride - we are proud to be citizens of a town which combines traditions and modernity, taking its well-deserved place among the world’s ski resorts and being rightfully named the Winter Capital of the Balkans and the best Balkan festival destination. As we honor the heroic memory of our ancestors, we are preserving the spirit of Bansko for the future...
Bansko municipality introduces four new electronic services for customers who want to check their due taxes. The electronic administrative services are already accessible after an agreement has been signed between the mayor Mr. Georgi Ikonomov and the National Income Agency. Now every person living in the municipality can check their due taxes using their personal identification code, which is issued by...
The Institute for Market Economy has been given the task to perform an economic analysis of Bansko municipality. With the Institute’s help we wanted to see what our strengths and weaknesses are, what are the perspectives and challenges Bansko faces. It goes without saying that tourism is the most important sector for the economy of our municipality. The turnover, the income, and the employment in the...
Minister of Environment and Water Ivelina Vasileva signed an agreement with the Mayor of Bansko Georgi Ikonomov to complete the water cycle in the city. The project totaling 89 million Levs is the largest that the municipality acted with European funds in the previous programming period. He fell into the group risk projects with those of another 7 municipalities. The new funding for the second phase is 26...
The main problem standing in front of Bansko is water supply said the present mayor of Bansko - Georgi Ikonomov. He explained that the water supply network in the city is outdated and can no longer serve the needs of the city during the tourist season. Water supply in Bansko should be done so that in the next 50 years to be no problem claimed George Ikonomov. "Bansko during the tourist season becomes...
