Macroeconomic Monitor

2017.10.09

To make the bureaucrat's life easier

Will we draw ideas for our legislation from the countries with the most severe fiscal crises? In folk literature, there is an aphorism "when he says good evening to me, I look around to see where the sun is". The same applies when the government promises to lighten the burden on every ordinary citizen - the administrative burden. Waiting in lines in ...

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09.10 - Bulgaria is recognized as a market economy by the European Commission

Bulgaria is recognized as a market economy

On October 9, 2002, in its annual report, the European Commission recognized Bulgaria as a country with a functioning market economy. According to the EC's assessment, Bulgaria's progress in economic terms strengthened its position in the negotiations for membership in the European Union. Mainly thanks to this progress, five years later, in 2007 …

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