Economy

The joint participation of state and private capital in economic initiatives has long been a familiar practice. The reasons and conditions under which it is implemented are different. Historical experience in Bulgaria shows that the results of such "cooperation" are questionable. However, this is not all. In fact, cooperation degenerates into mutual deception between private ...

In recent weeks, the main topics on which the EKIP made a number of appearances in the media were related to Bulgaria's potential entry into the Eurozone, the proposed bans on the advertising and distribution of lottery games, and the "Freedom for Hemp" protest march on the need to decriminalize marijuana in the country. Dimitar Karagegov, as the organizer of …

Uncontrollably growing budget for medicines Over the past few years, the growth in the cost of medicines paid by the NHIF has been between 15-20% on an annual basis. In 2018, the costs reached 1 billion, and the primary reaction of the institutions was the so-called limitation of payment for innovative medicines, entitled "moratorium", which fell ...

Authors: Dimitar Karagegov, Georgi Vuldjev They say that for every big lie you need accomplices. What happens when your accomplices are an entire neighborhood of 120,000 This is the story of the Mladost District – “green”, “people’s”, “supra-partisan”, “overdeveloped” and seriously misled. It can’t be otherwise when everything stems from a lie…

| Full text of the analysis | In recent months, the issue of the regulation of the gambling sector in Bulgaria, and more specifically lottery games, has emerged as an unexpectedly topical and hot topic in the public sphere. The specific reason for the rise of this topic were the proposals of the Deputy Prime Minister and leader of the Bulgarian National Federation of Gambling Associations, Valeri Simeonov, for the full …

It is often observed that incompetent economists are better at spreading their errors among the public than competent economists are at spreading the truth. The reason for this is that bad economists actually introduce people to half-truths. They only talk about the short-term effects that a given policy would have on a specific group of people. To solve this problem …

Two weeks ago, the United Patriots deputies introduced a bill in the National Assembly aimed at restricting the sale and advertising of lottery tickets. It even went so far as to say that Bulgaria's Deputy Prime Minister for Economic Affairs called for the introduction of a VAT on lotteries - something that is widely known...

Imagine that you live in the Ideal Neighborhood. In the Ideal Neighborhood, you live in an apartment building with a large parking lot in front and a large garden behind it with trees, grass, climbing plants, and whatever else you need to keep it green. There are many more such ideal blocks near you. The Ideal Neighborhood …

This is the opinion that our economist Nikola Filipov shared in the "Business Daily" program on "Evropa" TV: "It is not adequate to introduce changes to the laws in this way, from one day to the next, without any economic argumentation. This simply sends a lot of …

In recent months, lottery games and their fans have been under serious political attack by Deputy Prime Minister Valeri Simeonov and the extra-parliamentary opposition in the person of the Democratic Bulgaria union. A bill has already been submitted to the National Assembly, which includes two main proposals – to limit (especially television) lottery advertising …