Despite the unstable political situation over the past year, public procurement in the Republic of Bulgaria has maintained relatively stable levels in terms of the number of launched procurements and the amount of their financing. On the other hand, in anticipation of the start of the new programming period 2014-2020, the number of …

Georgi Zayakov One of the most frequently repeated mythologies during the transition is that Bulgaria will recover only when politicians start listening to what "the People" tell them. Nostalgic people, for example, are dying to sculpt the image of Todor Zhivkov as a great politician, because he was the only one who listened to the people's wishes. And …

The state likes to redistribute funds acquired from tax revenues to areas it calls “priority”. This process is usually opaque and manipulated to benefit one or another interest. There is no other area of public administration where this is more visible than the allocation of public procurement. In the structure of the Bulgarian …

On October 5th, many will head to the polls. The purpose of voting – at least for most of them – will undoubtedly be to improve their well-being, help resolve social conflicts, and redirect resources to the most important public areas for them. But let's see if the political …

*We present to you a study by EKIP between the regulation of the education systems in our country and in the UK. A suitable topic when we think about changes we want to see in Bulgaria or mistakes we do not want to repeat. As in Bulgaria, the education system of England is dominated by state educational institutions for …

The law is very rarely – or rather, almost never – a reflection of reality. On the contrary – the law is a reflection of the will of the legislator regarding what reality should be. It is for this reason that most attempts to model human behavior with the help of legislation are doomed ...

The Israeli army's military operation "Defensive Edge" in the Gaza Strip has further shaken Israel's already unenviable regional reputation as an aggressor and occupier. This has been contributed by the many civilian casualties among Palestinians (over 1,900 according to data from August 7), but also by the Palestinians' ability to present themselves as ...

Paul Kuek We often complain about government and how it makes farming more difficult. But the situation could be much worse. Take Argentina, for example. The country’s producers were some of our biggest competitors just seven years ago.[1] In 2005, Argentine farmers produced more than 3.1 million tons of …

Martin Tarpev* More and more people are concerned about the conditions for people with disabilities in Bulgaria and around the world. This is good news, because the problems in this direction are many and serious. In general, people, especially in Bulgaria, have a slightly strange attitude towards their fellow citizens with disabilities, which is also reflected …

The case of the bankrupt Corporate Commercial Bank (CCB) and the banking panic that hit First Investment Bank give us reason to return to some of the basic problems of the modern form of banking[1]. And especially after the announcement of the idea of paying out all deposits (even amounts exceeding 100,000 euros) in CCB, not …