Food prices in Bulgaria are approaching the average European level, Violeta Ivanova from the Confederation of Bulgarian Trade Unions (CITUB) commented in the studio of “Hello, Bulgaria”. “Our food products reach 71% of the average European price levels, and some of them, such as vegetable oils, exceed the average European levels by about 9%. The prices of milk and dairy products …

Dear readers, We present to your attention the pilot episode of the new EKIP podcast - "60 Minutes of Freedom", featuring our editor-in-chief Georgi Vuldzhev and political expert Kaloyan Pravov. Within the framework of this podcast, we will try to present our reading and perspective on current political topics from …

Defending the position "against" Bulgaria's possible entry into the Eurozone, our editor-in-chief Georgi Vuldzhev entered into a debate with former Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Economy Nikolay Vassilev on bTV. According to Vuldzhev, the negatives of entering the Eurozone far outweigh the potential positives: If Bulgaria enters the Eurozone, which means eliminating …

Our economist Nikola Filipov is a guest on the show "Boom and Bust" on Bloomberg TV Bulgaria to comment on President Donald Trump's tax reform. He said that there are a lot of unknowns in the reform as a whole. "What is interesting about Trump's tax reform is that he doubles the so-called tax-deductible expenses," …

In connection with the deepening financial instability of the healthcare sector in Bulgaria, the experts from the EKIP have found a solution to the problem of the continuous increase in the costs of medicines of the NHIF. The analysis used data from the drug group of sartans (medicinal products for the treatment of arterial hypertension) for the period 2005-2016. …

Our editor-in-chief Georgi Vuldzhev this week was a guest on the show "Resonance" on Eurocom TV with host Vasko Mavrikov. The topic of conversation between the two was another restriction on cash payments, Budget 2018 and the state of the pension system. Regarding the lowering of the threshold for cash payments adopted at first reading …

We at EKIP are honored to publish a fundamental critical analysis by economist Georgi Ganev of the acclaimed "Plan B in the Currency Board Discussion" by Assoc. Prof. Dr. Ivan Kostov. In this "plan", Kostov practically proposes that the currency board in Bulgaria be dismantled, even though it was created precisely at the beginning of its own …

The Bulgarian libertarian movement has been gaining serious popularity in recent years. This seems to be unpopular with a certain part of society, as over the past few months a number of articles have appeared that directly attack both the entire philosophy and the personalities of specific libertarians. These comments – intentionally malicious or …

| Full text of the opinion | Dear readers, as you know from the EQUIP, we are strictly monitoring and opposing the attempts of the Ministry of Finance to push through yet another restriction on cash payments by reducing the allowable limit for such transactions to a maximum of 5,000 leva - a proposal that is part of a draft law...