Guest houses financed with EU funds; EU Funds Misused to Build Private Accommodation?

Not just in Bulgaria?

Bulgaria announces probe into all guest houses financed with EU funds (The Sofia Globe)

"Bulgaria’s Prosecutor-General Sotir Tsatsarov has ordered the police to carry out an investigation into all guest houses in the country financed with European Union agricultural funds for rural development, to establish that they were being put to their intended use, the Prosecutor’s Office said on April 24".

Updates:

"An investigation is underway into 746 guest houses in Bulgaria developed with EU money, following allegations of the money being used to build private accommodation instead of it being used for its intended purpose".


"The investigation is specifically focusing on whether EU funds were used by Bulgaria's State Fund Agriculture department to build hundreds of private guesthouses", Euronews., 14 May, 2019.


European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development - https://ec.europa.eu/agriculture/rural-development-2014-2020_en


European Regional Development Fund - https://ec.europa.eu/regional_policy/en/funding/erdf/


Related (Google online): Guide on EU funding for the tourism sector (EC pdf file)


In some member states, EU funding and subsidies (of 45% to 50%) are available for small-scale or alternative tourism projects, or for hotel accommodation projects within traditional settlements, on condition that the unit or facility operates for at least five years.