In 2000, the UN presented its “Millennium Development Goals,” an ambitious program that should show what humanity should strive for in order to improve life on the planet at the beginning of the new millennium. One of the main goals of the international organization is to reduce the world population living in extreme poverty …

The last few days of political (and public) life have been quite intense and tense. As is well known, the National Assembly did not adopt the most important elements of the changes to the Constitution of the Republic of Bulgaria, proposed by the now former Minister of Justice Hristo Ivanov and supported by the Reformist Bloc. Instead, they were voted …

I have shared my opinion on conspiracy theories in all their varieties not once, but twice now. I generally don't feel like doing it again, but I am provoked by a comment from March 3rd, which, in a blunt manner, calls on website administrators to...

On October 5, exactly one year ago, early parliamentary elections were held, bringing to power the current coalition government of Boyko Borisov. Anniversaries are usually a time for taking stock and analyzing what has been accomplished, and although the government was formally born on November 7, in Bulgaria the legislative and executive branches are not …

Last week, during the national campaign "Economy in Light for a Better Future", organized by the Confederation of Employers and Industrialists in Bulgaria (CEIB) and the Confederation of Bulgarian Trade Unions, Finance Minister Vladislav Goranov announced that "in the 2016 Budget, hundreds of millions more will be allocated for secondary education". Here we will look at the macro environment in which ...

Yesterday, the deputies finally adopted legal changes indicating the creation of the long-discussed National Health Card and selectivity of the NHIF in terms of which hospitals it will conclude a contract with. The new reform was enthusiastically welcomed by the ranks of the Reformist Bloc, while the opposition was firmly against it. The goals of the reform The first of them …

On this day 71 years ago, Bulgarian communists staged a coup d’état and seized power in Bulgaria. Today, their successors once again celebrate the “bright holiday,” trying to convince us of what an achievement communism was for Bulgaria. Let us recall this chapter in the country’s history. The red narrative of the events is that …

Julian Adderney[1] People who believe that capitalism is about huge, powerful, multinational corporations miss some of the key elements of free markets. Information, capitalism and open source In a surprisingly influential article in The Guardian, Paul Mason argues that the sweeping changes taking place in the economy are early symptoms of so-called “post-capitalism.” But …

Patrick Barron Much of the commentary surrounding the Greek crisis has focused on whether or not the country will leave the Eurozone, with less attention to the structural problems that have arisen after decades of socialism. At the same time, the Greek government has borrowed more money than the local population can repay, and the depreciation of the …

One of the most frequently put forward arguments in favor of the government redistributing funds through the so-called "welfare state" states: "If there are no state institutions to collect money in the form of taxes and then direct it to those in need (i.e., the poor), the latter will not be able to ...