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The Claim

Delyan Peevski owns the Marinela Hotel in Sofia, Bulgaria.

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The Short Version

Available official records do not support any ownership link between Delyan Peevski and Hotel Marinela. Bulgarian registry documents and U.S./EU sanctions materials do not list him as owner, shareholder, or controller, while reporting attributes the hotel to the Arabadzhiev family. Using the hotel for meetings is not evidence of ownership.

Caveats

  • Holding an event at a hotel does not show legal or beneficial ownership of the property.
  • User-edited or tertiary sources are weak evidence for ownership claims compared with corporate registry records and official sanctions documents.
  • The claim states direct ownership, but the cited evidence does not substantiate either direct ownership or credible hidden control by Peevski.

The Receipts

  1. Treasury Sanctions Influential Bulgarian Individuals and Their Network

    U.S. Department of the Treasury

  2. Active condition report – "VITOSHA PARK HOTEL" AD / Hotel Marinela Sofia operating company

    Агенция по вписванията (Bulgarian Commercial Register)

  3. Specially Designated Nationals And Blocked Persons List (SDN) – Search results for "Delyan Peevski"

    U.S. Department of the Treasury / OFAC

  4. Council Implementing Decision (CFSP) 2023/432 concerning restrictive measures in view of the situation in Bulgaria

    EUR-Lex (Official Journal of the European Union)

  5. Hotel Marinela Sofia – Five Star hotel in Sofia

    Hotel Marinela Sofia

  6. Bulgaria police raids EU Presidency hotel in Sofia

    Euractiv

  7. Delyan Peevski: The Rebranding Of A Controversial Bulgarian Oligarch

    Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty

  8. US Sanctions Bulgarian Oligarch Delyan Peevski over Corruption

    OCCRP (Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project)

  9. Арабаджиев купи „Кемпински Зографски“

    Банкер

  10. Democracy Captured: Bulgaria’s Peevski Predicament

    German Marshall Fund of the United States

+ 15 more sources — see the full list on Lenz

Filed Under

BulgariaDelyan PeevskiHotel Marinela SofiaSofia

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