Macroeconomic Monitor
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2017.10

Austrian Rhapsody in Black and Blue

Is 31 a lot or a little? This is the age of the leader of the People's Party, Sebastian Kurz, the winner of yesterday's parliamentary elections in Austria, who will most likely receive a mandate to form a government from the president of the Alpine republic. The Greens have also been represented in the Austrian parliament for 31 years. That is, …

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Problem group in education – the system of academician Blagovest Sendov

Every new thing is a well-forgotten old + a pinch of salt. Can you imagine how an educational initiative during the socialist era was regularly branded as “pro-Western” and “American”, a few years after the fall of the regime it was closed by revanchist-minded politicians because it was “communist”, and today everyone is stubbornly struggling…

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14.10 - National Academy of Arts is founded

National Academy of Arts

On October 14, 1896, the State Drawing School (popularly known as the Drawing School) was opened in Sofia by Decree of Prince Ferdinand and thanks to the active support of prominent artists and public figures such as Konstantin Velichkov, Ivan Shishmanov, Ivan Mrkvichka, Anton Mitov, etc. As early as 1864, in the newspaper "Savetnik" Nikolay ...

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15 years since the destruction of the first charter school in Bulgaria

Special thanks to Svetlina Nancheva for her help in preparing this article. If anyone is wondering why the Bulgarian education system is failing compared to others, let them stop and read this – during the entire period of the so-called "transition", all the projects that were leading innovations in their time, not only in ...

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What I (didn't) manage to say to a vegan on NOVA TV

Nikola Donev

Earlier this week I had the (un)pleasure of participating together with the most famous vegan in Bulgaria – Nikola Donev – in "The Hour of Milen Tsvetkov" on Nova TV. The specific topic of the participation was the destruction of the barbecues in Lauta Park in Plovdiv, most likely by vegans, judging by the signs "Meat is murder" and "Meat is …

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What's next for Europe after the German elections?

The German voter punished the two largest parties in the elections. A phenomenon like the so-called "Jamaica" coalition has never happened at the national level before. This was commented by economist Georgi Zayakov on the Investbook show on Bloomberg TV Bulgaria with host Dimitar Vuchev. "It will lead us to the fact that Germany will have a tax cut. The country is really going to …

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12.10 - Christopher Columbus discovers America

Christopher Columbus

At 2 a.m. on October 12, 1492, 33 days after setting sail from the Canary Islands, the sailor Rodrigo de Triana spotted land to the west, which Christopher Columbus called the island of San Salvador ("Holy Savior"). A boat was lowered from the ships and Columbus, along with two other captains, a notary and a royal comptroller, disembarked...

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The EU effect: opening up the economies of Central and Eastern Europe

trade in the EU

Author: Lachezar Bogdanov, Industry Watch The openness of an economy is most often measured by the relative importance of foreign trade relative to its size. Some analyses look at the total volume of trade in goods and services relative to gross domestic product, while others focus on the relative weight of exports of goods and …

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What's happening with e-health - a look at the project budget

NZIS

What is the problem? Several months have passed since Dr. Ilko Semerdzhiev, as acting Minister of Health, signed a contract to launch a European project with the Ministry of Health as a beneficiary under the Operational Program "Good Governance". The project concerns the completion of the National Health Information System (NHIS) and has a duration of 22 months. The project …

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11.10 - The Apollo 7 space mission is launched

On October 11, 1968, NASA launched the Apollo 7 mission by launching the Apollo CSM-101 spacecraft into orbit. It was the first manned lunar mission of the Apollo program and a key step toward the conquest of the moon. The program successfully landed a man on the moon eight months later…

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