Expert Club for Economics and Politics | February 2012 In the fifth edition of the monthly newsletter of EKIP you can find: ACTA should be stopped at the Bulgarian border Recovery or recession? (Methodi Tsanov) Freer school education (Stoyan Panchev) Oil woes* (Yavor Aleksiev) Interview with the rector (Momchil Elenkov) A new chance in …

The stock market in a country is a leading indicator of the state of its economy. When stock market indices measuring stock prices start to rise, it is not long before the economy follows suit. The theory states that stock prices reflect future expectations about the state of a company and …

Let's face it - Europe has once again spectacularly shot itself in the foot, amid the enthusiastic sounds of the American geopolitical whistle. We are referring, of course, to the profound embargo that the EU imposed on the import of Iranian oil with the aim of "sanctioning the regime for its attempts to acquire nuclear ...

A definitive stance against ACTA and a denial of the existence of the piracy problem can only temporarily solve the issue. It is now almost certain that the agreement will not be ratified, but MEPs are unanimous that the failed ACTA will evolve into a new attempt at legislation in the same area, for better or worse.

Another winter and another gas crisis. The cold, which has gripped most of Europe and Russia, has sharply increased the consumption of natural gas. A shortage of natural gas has immediately appeared, as Russia has taken advantage of the moment and reduced gas supplies through the Druzhba pipeline by 10%. This time, the Russians have justified themselves with a record …

In a report published in January and titled “Debt and deleveraging: Uneven progress on the path of growth,” the McKinsey Global Institute examines the debt levels of several major advanced economies and the path these economies have taken since the beginning of the crisis to deleveraging. The report focuses more on the United States, …

На 10.02.2012 в елетронното издание на в-к Труд беше публикувано интервю с проф. Иван Илчев, Ректор на СУ „Св. Климент Охридски“, със заглавие „Нямаме пари за нови професори”. Коментирам някои твърдения, изразени в това интервю, поради противоречивия им характер.

Новият проектозакон за училищното образование предизвика разгорещена полемика през изминалите дни. Четейки го, забелязвам радостния факт, че съществена част от разписаното вътре много се доближава до образователната система, за която говорят Фрийдман1 и Хайек. От новата схема за финансирането на средното образование идва и големият спор – дали частни училища …

Yavor Aleksiev Today, the Minister of Economy, Energy and Tourism, Traycho Traykov, announced that Bulgaria is withdrawing from the ACTA agreement. The position seems clear: "There will be no ratification of the agreement until a unified position of the governments in the European Union is reached." Is this enough? What does "unified position of the governments ...

When WikiLeaks released a series of secret correspondences of American diplomats in 2010, one of the thousands of messages asked the direct question: “Who lost Turkey?” The document clearly showed the inability of officials in Washington to control Turkey’s active and independent foreign policy, which sought influence in the so-called “axis of evil,” including …