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2020.01

Opinion of EKIP against the amendments to the BNB law

To the Chairman of the Committee on Budget and Finance of the National Assembly The Minister of Finance of the Republic of Bulgaria The Governor of the Bulgarian National Bank OPINION By Stoyan Panchev In his capacity as Chairman of the Expert Club for Economics and Politics - TEAM DEAR MADAM CHAIRMAN, DEAR Mister MINISTER, DEAR Mister GOVERNOR, …

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Bulgarians want a referendum on the euro

54% of adult Bulgarians want a referendum on Bulgaria's entry into the eurozone 50% of adult Bulgarians are against the introduction of the euro, only 19% support it Voters of the major parties are against the euro, while their elected officials – 60% of adult Bulgarians consider the leva a stable currency The majority of Bulgarians do not …

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Metropolitan, or how a sick person carries a healthy one in the pearl of Sofia's public transport

Metropolitan

Vidin is a city with a long history. Vidin was a former capital during the decline of the Second Bulgarian Kingdom. But there is something else that the city and more precisely the city’s residents share with their fellow citizens in the modern capital – their support for the Sofia metro. You are probably wondering how the citizens of Vidin …

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2. About Chalga, Education and Something Else (with Zhoro Vuldzhev and Lacho Tomov)

Guests in the second episode of the new edition of "60 Minutes of Freedom!" are the stars of the debate "The Scythe: Left or Right" organized by the Bulgarian Libertarian Society in December - Georgi Vuldjev and Lachezar Tomov! Lache is a mathematician and a lecturer at the National High School for Ancient Languages and Cultures (NGDEK) and NBU, and Georgi …

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Politicization of healthcare

The politicization of healthcare is already a fact – predicted, expected and dangerous. Some argue that this is for the good, that the health of the nation is too important a segment to be left to professionals, the healthcare industry or the individual. They also say that its management is an extremely important function of the current political …

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Eagle, cancer and pike of Bulgarian healthcare

IMPORTANT CLARIFICATION: The article was originally published on the website of the newspaper "SEGA". As a result of DEliberate semantic editing, corrections were made to the text WITHOUT being coordinated with the author. Therefore, we are now publishing the original of the article. We believe that the editorial staff of the newspaper "SEGA" owes the necessary apology for the semantic changes that ...

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State-wide Water and Sewerage or how to make a local water crisis national

I'll say it bluntly. The creation of a common, centralized state water supply holding company that would unite all water supply companies across the country is phenomenally stupid. The idea that such a holding company could prevent the emergence of more problems like the one with the water supply in Pernik is absurd. The creation of such a holding company betrays either a misunderstanding of the problem...

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Printing more money cannot create more growth

Author: Frank Shostak, Mises.org The idea that more money can boost the economy is based on the belief that money has a stimulatory effect by increasing aggregate spending. More money in people’s pockets means they can spend more, and the rest follows from that. Money, in this sense, is a means …

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1. What American legalization looks like from the first person (Dimitar Karagegov)

"60 Minutes of Freedom!" is back with a new host - not just anyone, but the chairman of the Bulgarian Libertarian Society and the Expert Club for Economics and Politics himself! From now on, Stoyan Panchev will select and interview the guests in our titular podcast. The technical team behind the podcast has also been changed, so please …

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The water crisis in Pernik as another Cirque de Borisov

Today, all media outlets exploded with the news that the leader of the Women GERB party and former regional governor of Pernik, Irena Sokolova, was arrested during a raid by the prosecutor's office in connection with the water crisis in the city. Meanwhile, the Minister of Environment and Water, Neno Dimov, was also detained after special forces …

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