The work with my beloved Pirin has predictably become boring, so it needs to be commented on again. We humans love the light and fear the darkness. We associate it with the unknown, the unfamiliar, evil. Monsters are born in our imagination there. Well, it's the same in business. What do the large mass of protesters want for Pirin? …

Historical knowledge is overgrown with myths. The reasons for this can generally be reduced to two. First, the past is usually projected with political or other goals of contemporary elites and their court historians. The other reason for the mythologizing of the past is its use as a means of escape from …

A European Central Bank[1] (ECB) survey of more than 8,079 companies from EU Member States in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE)[2] aims to understand how increases in minimum wages (MW) are affecting businesses in these countries. 456 Bulgarian companies were asked what …

We've been on an environmental wave lately. From the case of Pirin National Park and the potential construction of a second lift in Bansko, public attention has shifted its focus to the extremely serious air pollution in large cities, especially in Sofia. If you live in Sofia and have been out in the last few days, you can confirm. …

Very often, when a given object from the cultural and historical heritage of Bulgaria – and around the world – is in some unenviable condition, the reactions are that “the state should take care of it.” Care, of course, must be there, but the fact that state care is expected is no guarantee of quality. If the object is …

Author: Vasil Kanev One of the most remarkable processes we observed in 2017 was undoubtedly the boom in interest in cryptocurrencies, which led to a dizzying rise in the price of the main instrument in this environment - bitcoin. From a price ranging around $ 1,000 for one bitcoin at the beginning of 2017, the market reached levels just below …

Author: Lyubomir Alamanov I am using the tension surrounding Bansko and quickly recalling some basic principles in concession procedures. So, just for information: 1. A concession is a good tool for partnership between state and municipal administrations with private companies. 2. A concession is the provision of a state or municipal resource or property to a company called …

It sounds beautiful in words - to fight violence and discrimination against women. But why should we accept the cultural Marxist "gender" ideology and define women as presumed victims and a protected category of people in need of special protection? "Positive" discrimination is not a way to fight discrimination. It becomes ...

The entire story surrounding Pirin is filled with so many myths, misconceptions, and false claims spread by the radical wings of both disputing sides that I can't resist a long post addressing the most prominent among them. The lack of reasonable discourse on the subject is appalling, and the only one that passes through it is...

Highlights: - Higher consumption leads to an acceleration in the pace of inflation in almost all categories of consumer goods and services - Lending to non-financial corporations slows, but consumer credit remains high and supports inflation - Construction production grows again at a double-digit pace, thanks to a recovery in engineering construction - Growth in …