Over the past week, bureaucrats have stepped on the gas in their misguided attempts to improve the world. We have seen tragicomic decisions, such as the ban on glass olive oil in the EU. This will hurt the sector, but it is unlikely to ruin it. The regulation may not even survive until it comes into force. While EU officials …

Over the past week, bureaucrats have stepped on the gas in their misguided attempts to improve the world. We have seen tragicomic decisions, such as the ban on glass olive oil in the EU. This will hurt the sector, but it is unlikely to ruin it. The regulation may not even survive until it comes into force. While EU officials …

The media is buzzing about yet another case of violence against emergency medical personnel. The familiar scenario is repeated – an ambulance arrives at the address and is met by a crowd of drunk/angry relatives or friends of the person in distress. What follows is a beating, an appearance on television, calls to become “better” or “more responsible”, outrage and so on until …

The nations of the world are like men in their state of nature. They are neither perfectly good nor can they be controlled by law. - Kenneth Waltz from Man, the State and War, 1954

The recession in Bulgaria and the subsequent stagnation clearly highlighted the problems of the economy, which remained in the shadow of the strong growth at the beginning of the century. In the midst of political debates and promises, however, populism and social policy were the ones that reached their peak, and constructive solutions seemed to be lacking again. In this context, the catching up of …

The leader of the far-right British Independence Party, Nigel Farage, became a Roma king for a day. The realization of his worst dreams actually turned out to be a seemingly quite exotic and emotional experience for him in the capital's Fakulteta district, in the company of Tsvetelin Kanchev and a cocktail of songs by the sweet-singing gypsy pavarotti - Jago.

Today is the Bulgarian language matriculation exam. It is a good time to mention their pros and cons: 1. Under certain circumstances, matriculation exams could serve as a benchmark for the quality of public education. The problem is that the complexity and content of the tests change every year and the grades on them are almost …

The series of articles aimed at explaining commonly used macroeconomic indicators continues. In the previous one, I explained what the gross domestic product (GDP) measures and what its shortcomings are. Now it's time for another frequently used macroeconomic indicator - the consumer price index (CPI).

Offnews published an article by Petar Georgiev (better known under his pseudonym Volgin), which claims to reveal the origins of “neoliberalism” and expose unsavory facts about this philosophical movement. Leaving aside the fact that neoliberalism means something different to every self-appointed critic, in this case it is used synonymously with libertarianism, …

In the days following the parliamentary elections, the public debate focused on two main topics – the distribution of parliamentary seats and the possible coalition of the four parliamentary parties, and the scandal surrounding the printed ballots. These two topics successfully displaced one of the interesting leitmotifs of the election campaigns – the financing of political parties …