Hello, my name is Mitko Saitov and I am a programmer. I decided to respond to Tancho Gargov's comment regarding the proposal for an additional tax for programmers. Nobody eats software? Tancho, you are absolutely right. I am a programmer myself and have some experience in my profession. In recent years, I have been …
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A call for the security and future of our money and savings
You can support this call by signing our petition at this link. You can download this call as a separate document at this link. The currency board and the stability of the leva provided the basis for everything we have managed to build in the economic field in Bulgaria over the past 23 years. For this …
More »The ECB is inflating a dangerous bubble in the eurozone's sovereign debt
This week, Greek government debt yields fell to record lows. The yield on the country's 10-year government bond fell below 1% for the first time in history on Wednesday, and later fell below 0.9%. This is a particularly significant development, given that Greece is the country that has been …
More »3. Architecture, modernism and how to preserve our heritage (with Vasil Makarinov)
Stoyan Panchev talks to Vasil Makarinov from the Architectural Modernism Foundation. You will be able to hear about the history of Sofia, how its appearance came about, what lies behind the past of some interesting buildings from all over the country, how history is preserved, what work the guys from Architectural Modernism do to …
More »How badly is the global economy being hit by the coronavirus?
The epidemic in China has caused an almost historic slowdown in global trade in recent weeks. In Europe, the most directly affected are the large economies such as Germany, France and Italy. Italy and France recorded a decline in GDP at the end of 2019, while the total GDP of the euro area rose by only 0.1%. The situation may …
More »From Paris with love: What does Macron's turn towards Russia mean?
On Monday, during his visit to Poland, French President Emmanuel Macron made statements that scandalized the Bulgarian public. Macron said bluntly that the admission of Bulgaria and Romania to the European Union was "hasty", thereby directly questioning our place in the so-called European community. Let's not …
More »No, Mr. Borisov, the euro is not a guarantee of banking stability
In the debates that erupted this week over the dangerous amendment to the BNB Law, the authorities were forced to launch into a desperate defense of the current political course towards the fastest possible membership in the eurozone. One of these desperate defenses was the claim made by Prime Minister Boyko Borisov that joining the eurozone would …
More »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, …
More »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 …
More »Metropolitan, or how a sick person carries a healthy one in the pearl of Sofia's public transport
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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