Richard Rahn, The Washington Times The growth of former communist countries is the envy of the world. Once again, there is more evidence that economic freedoms lead to success. Many of the former communist countries of Central and Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union have made enormous economic progress since they became …

Author: Kaloyan Staykov After the presentation on Thursday of the summary of the Final Report on the possibility of realizing the assets of the Belene NPP at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, the news was that the project is viable, and the focus was on the price of electricity at which this would be possible. However, these are the least important questions, as they depend on …

The pretty lady in the photo is Vera Jourova, member of the European Commission responsible for justice. Under her supervision, so to speak, is the Cooperation and Verification Mechanism, in which Bulgaria and Romania agreed to participate in order to join the European Union in 2007. Within the framework of this same mechanism …

Our editor-in-chief Georgi Vuldzhev this week was a guest on the show "Resonance" on Eurocom TV with host Vasko Mavrikov. The topic of conversation between the two was another restriction on cash payments, Budget 2018 and the state of the pension system. Regarding the lowering of the threshold for cash payments adopted at first reading …

If you have been following the media in recent days, you have no way of not having come across the extremely high-profile story surrounding the latest ruling of the Commission for the Protection of Competition (CPC). A ruling that represents a very dangerous precedent that, instead of "protecting" competition, actually tramples on it and threatens the interests of consumers. Let's briefly discuss what ...

Doug Bandow, Cato Institute, USA One of America's most significant actors and singers is Paul Robison, born a century ago. An impressive talent who fought against widespread racism, Robison seems to deserve the celebration of his centennial this month. Unfortunately, however, he also has a different, …

Author: Nikolay Filibev Earlier this week, the parliament adopted at first reading another proposal by the Ministry of Finance to tighten the restriction on cash payments. Bulgaria is one of the few countries in the EU with such a restriction. Even some of the most developed economies in the EU are without any limit …

The problem in the field of culture is related to the spending of funds, not their quantity. This was stated in Investbook with Dimitar Vuchev by Kapana.bg editor-in-chief Teodor Karakolev. According to the interlocutor in the program, the top priority should be to resolve the problem related to what exactly cultural funds are spent on. “It is hardly …

Budget 2018 is extremely left-wing. This is important to say. When you increase taxes, when you increase public spending, this is left-wing politics. This was said by economist from EKIP Nikola Filipov on the Investbook show on Bloomberg TV Bulgaria with host Dimitar Vuchev. "This is a serious problem for me, which in the years will lead to deep …

After the latest upheavals in the healthcare sector, it is necessary for the power to be taken over by an expert who can offer optimal solutions to the problems in the sector - ones that will not harm the budget and will optimize the consumption of money from health contributions to the extent that they meet ...