On October 7, 1950, Catholic nun Agnes Bojagiu, better known as Mother Teresa, received the Vatican's blessing to found the Missionaries of Charity as part of the Archdiocese of Calcutta. In this way, Pope Pius XII legitimized the school for the poor that she had founded in 1948. The new order numbered just 12 people...
More »2017
It is unacceptable for government officials to threaten journalists.
The team of the Expert Club for Economics and Politics categorically condemns the threats that MP Anton Todorov and Deputy Prime Minister Valeri Simeonov dared to make to journalist Viktor Nikolaev, host of the morning block on Nova Television. Such treatment of journalists by politicians is absolutely unacceptable and has no place in a …
More »06.10 - The premiere of the oldest preserved opera in the world takes place
On October 6, 1600, the world's oldest surviving opera, Euridice, premiered at the Palazzo Pitti in Florence. The music for the work was composed by the Florentine Jacopo Peri, and the libretto was written by the poet Ottavio Rinuccini. Dedicated to the wedding of King Henry IV and Marie de' Medici, the work establishes fundamental …
More »05.10 – The reconstruction of Stara Zagora begins after the Liberation
On October 5, 1879, the Governor-General of Eastern Rumelia, Prince Alexander Bogoridi, laid the foundation stone for the restoration of Stara Zagora. The city was almost completely plundered and destroyed by the advancing Ottoman army of Suleiman Pasha during the War of Independence, and its inhabitants were subjected to mass extermination, in which nearly 8,000 Bulgarians died. …
More »Bitcoin icon to found own country without government
Evan Fagart, bitsonline.com Roger Ver – a very well-known figure in the Bitcoin community – along with entrepreneur and cryptocurrency enthusiast Olivier Janssens is planning to found a brand new country. But here’s the catch: this country will have no government and no state, but instead will adhere to the principles of …
More »04.10 - The first private space flight was realized
On October 4, 2004, the experimental passenger spaceplane SpaceShipOne made the first private suborbital spaceflight, reaching an altitude of over 110 km. The vehicle was developed and operated by Mojave Aerospace Ventures, owned by Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen, and Scaled Composites, a company owned by legendary aerospace engineer Burt Rutan. The project is worth 25 …
More »Evlogi and Hristo Georgievi - Great Entrepreneurs and Revivalists
The brothers Evlogi and Hristo Georgievi were born in Karlovo at the beginning of the 19th century. The older brother Evlogi was born on today's date, October 3, in 1819, and the younger brother Hristo in 1824. Settled in Romania, they participated in the trading company of their relatives (their uncles) Nikola and …
More »Let's improve the quality of education through more competition
In Bulgaria, it is assumed that the state is the most competent in all matters related to education and therefore it should take care of everything and everyone. Currently, state regulations tell parents the following: "You are obliged to educate your child in exactly the way that we have foreseen ...
More »2.10 - First academic year at the University of Economics - Varna
On October 2, 1921, the first academic year was opened at the Higher School of Commerce in Varna. Later renamed the "Economics University - Varna", this was the first higher school of economics in Bulgaria, marking the beginning of specialized higher business education in the country. The initiative for its establishment was taken by the Varna …
More »1.10 - Sofia University "St. Kliment Ohridski" is founded
On October 1, 1888, the Sofia University "St. Kliment Ohridski" was founded. The idea for the university was born eight years earlier, in 1880, when the Ministry of Education submitted to the National Assembly a draft Basic Law on Schools, which provided for the establishment of a Bulgarian higher education institution that would accept high school graduates. …
More »
EKIP– Expert Club for Economics and Politics A Different Opinion