It is very difficult to define and specify what culture and cultural policies are, but one of the most clearly defining things about culture is that it is different and specific in different places. Attempts to equate, level, unify and create general cultural policies in different places actually destroy it. Any society, no matter how …

What is the problem? One of the main problems with drugs disappearing from the Bulgarian market is state regulation, which is expressed in the form of price controls. The Bulgarian government experimented with freezing drug prices in 2013 and 2014, which negatively affected the market and caused …

Author: Iliyan Koychev Real estate is a favorite investment asset of Bulgarians, and in the long term, a potential change in this attitude is unlikely. The real estate market is developing rapidly and in large Bulgarian cities such as Sofia, Plovdiv and Varna, the asking prices (regardless of whether for purchase and sale or for rent) are …

Part 3 of a series about local referendums against investment projects in Bulgaria – their causes and consequences. You can read Part 1 and Part 2. The question is in the … question The question of the referendum in Tran “Are you against the municipality of Tran, through the Municipal Council, approving development plans, determining territories for …

As is well known, as long as there is someone reading: 1. Taxes are on average 50% of the income of an individual or household, everyone can check the individual picture at kolkodavam.bg; 2. There is money for airplanes and everything else, but there are also irrational budget expenditures of 0.5-1% of GDP...

Without even waiting for three months to pass since the last rejection of this bill, the Ministry of Finance this week again introduced a proposal to tighten the limit on the maximum amount of cash payments from 10,000 to 5,000 leva. And of course, the same song is being sung again - ...

Graph 1: Students as % of population per 10,000 people (1900-2016) Source: NSI There is a demographic crisis in Bulgaria. The number of students is decreasing. It is normal in such a situation that the number of teachers is also decreasing. What is actually happening is shown in the NSI infographic, which was published yesterday. It is also happening …

Part 2 of a series on local referendums against investment projects in Bulgaria – their causes and consequences. You can read Part 1 here. Taking into account the results of a local referendum and the ways in which they were achieved allows the parties to interpret them in the direction they want and according to …

Author: Georgi Georgiev History of the development of the right to freedom of expression, the right to free speech and free press and media. The article is divided into several main sections and follows a chronological order of presentation, namely: Definition of Freedom of Speech and Press and legal framework Freedom of speech and …

In 2013, GERB introduced one of the most dangerous and illogical taxes – the “interest tax”. The introduction of this tax was also strange from a purely political point of view, because at least in theory, a right-wing party should do everything possible to reduce the tax burden on households and businesses. In 2014 …