|Full text of the analysis| EKIP prepared the first of its kind in Bulgaria public comparative legal analysis and impact assessment in relation to the transposition of Directive 2014/24 on public procurement in relation to private healthcare institutions in Bulgaria and the EC's criminal procedure against Bulgaria on this occasion. Here is part …

| Full text of the analysis | Bulgaria introduced the rules for imposing a global minimum tax on large multinational and national groups of enterprises at the very end of 2023. This happened after the traditional long delay in the Bulgarian legislative process, lack of open public discussion and changes in the voted texts "on ...

GERB is swallowing PP-DB like a boa constrictor – bite by bite – Kostadin Kostadinov flowerily expressed himself during the unfortunate negotiations for the rotation of the assembly. Pointing us to a half-forgotten trope from the coalition past of Boris’s party stating that whoever governs with GERB remains a historical footnote – Reformist Bloc, …

Over the past few years, Bulgaria has seen a trend towards increasing prices for clinical pathways. In 2022, for example, prices increased twice - initially by 25% in April, followed by another increase of 8% for all clinical pathways in September. Especially in relation to cardiology and pulmonology, prices …

A new study of the credit market shows the main trends in borrowed funds and their interest rates. The study provides another insight into the unusual for Europe interest rate dynamics in the Bulgarian household lending sector. On the eve of a possible reversal of monetary policy in Europe, the credit market in Bulgaria remains highly dynamic, …

Author: Walter Kirn About five years ago, I bought an old juicer for seven dollars at a thrift store. It was one of those little, old-fashioned kitchen gadgets that looked like they were made to withstand a blast or a hammer blow. As soon as I turned the motor on with the metal knob, the drive shaft spun a heavy ceramic head made of …

The latest episode of the "judicial reform" saga ended, as the employers of the smart-beautiful activists would say, with a whimper, instead of an explosion. But why? Why did they simply fulfill a few formal KPIs - Geshev fell, they smeared the constitution - but somehow it doesn't seem like the "bad guys" have lost their influence, quite the opposite. Complete dominance in the quota...