Dear readers, from EKIP we are officially restarting our column "Monthly Macroeconomic Monitor"! The new format of the column will be a series of infographics that will be published each month after the publication of the relevant data from the NSI. Each infographic will focus on a different sector or a key indicator for the Bulgarian economy. The first months …

2:20 – EKIP’s Virtual Pension Fund in September 8:00 – Listener Feedback 12:00 – Episode Topic: Fundamentals of Investing in ETFs (Exchange-Traded Funds) 39:35 – Financial and Investment News from Bulgaria 58:32 – Macro and Markets – International News 74:12 – Fintech – What are …

Over the past week or two, the main topic that has been worrying the Bulgarian public is the expected increase in bread prices during the winter season, due to the poor harvest this year and the increase in gas prices. Although this increase is due to completely objective economic realities that cannot be changed at the moment, and …

00:56 - What topics will we talk about today? 03:10 - The virtual pension fund of EKIP in August 08:45 - Episode topic: How to invest in anticipation and during crises? 48:35 - Current financial news from Bulgaria 65: 35 - Macro and Markets: international news 75:35 - Fintech: …

You may or may not have heard, but the European Union is trying for the second time this year to pass a regulation that fundamentally threatens freedom on the Internet. It is the new EU Directive on Copyright in the Digital Single Market, which updates the current legislation of the union in the field of …

0:35 - Presentation of the episode's topics 02:30 - Feedback from our listeners 09:50 - How to take advantage of the boom in the marijuana market in the West? What are the investment opportunities and what are the risks? 31:50 - The "Olympic" case - what exactly happened to the Cypriot insurer? Who is responsible ...

The factors that lead to the current crisis in Turkey are at a fundamental level two. The huge balance of payments deficit and high levels of price inflation, especially since 2012. In turn, these two factors are a direct result of the fiscal and monetary policies that Turkey has chosen to follow over the last …

0:15 – What will we talk about in this episode? 1:15 – Overview of the presentation of the EKIP Virtual Pension Fund 8:30 – Questions and answers (feedback) from the audience 21:30 – Financial and investment news from Bulgaria 48:55 – Macro and Markets (international news) 60:25 – Fintech news 68:50 – Basic …

Over the past week, a stormy scandal has erupted in the media over the amendments to the Law on Privatization and Post-Privatization Control proposed by the Ataka party and supported by GERB and VMRO. Accusations have poured in from the media that the proposed amendments are completely "lobbying" aimed at protecting the financial interests of the Domuschievi brothers and Delyan Peevski in particular. The most …

Today (18.07) is a significant date in the Bulgarian calendar. On this day, in 1837, the greatest Bulgarian hero and revolutionary was born – Vasil Ivanov Kunchev, better known by the famous nickname Vasil "Levski". Also known as the Apostle of Freedom, Levski is the most important Bulgarian revolutionary. His merits as an organizer of the revolutionary movement …