This article was originally published by the newspaper "Trud" Author: Georgi Zayakov On Tuesday (August 15), the second largest airline in Germany, Air Berlin, entered bankruptcy proceedings. Since 2008, with one exception, the company has been accumulating losses and debts. The past 2016 was also associated with …
More »New bill in the US liberalizes access to medicines
On August 3, the U.S. Senate unanimously passed a bill that would provide access to unapproved experimental drugs for people with life-threatening illnesses. It’s a major victory for libertarians who argue that state regulations infringe on patients’ rights. The bill, S. 204(115), passed quickly and smoothly in …
More »What is Valeri Simeonov looking for in Sunny Beach?
Last weekend on our native Black Sea coast, we witnessed something that we could laugh at like a circus, if it weren't such a sad demonstration of political incompetence. The media exploded with photos and video footage of Deputy Prime Minister Valeri Simeonov touring Sunny Beach to regulate the level of...
More »The government's economic program - a string of disappointments
Authors: Georgi Vuldzhev, Emil Valkov This commentary is an analysis of the government's programs in the field of economy, energy, transport and tourism for the period 2017-2021, published on 02.08.2017 on the website of the Council of Ministers here. Economy: (Georgi Vuldzhev) The first priority in the government program in the "economy" sector is the removal of the administrative burden for business ...
More »The economic logic in "Game of Thrones"
HBO's hit series "Game of Thrones" is in the middle of its seventh season, and fans are increasingly concerned about the rapidly fading cast of characters. The series, which is adapted from George R. R. Martin's fantasy series "A Song of Ice and Fire," has drawn a lot of criticism in recent years from …
More »What does the government's health program for 2017-2021 promise?
This text is an analysis of the government's health care program for the period 2017-2021, published on 02.08.2017 on the website of the Council of Ministers here. Prevention and Prevention: The over-financing of hospital care in the country has created the prerequisites for heavy lobbying in the formation of the budget of the National Health Insurance Fund (NHIF). The costs …
More »Colorado Springs thrives by running the city like a business
In nearly 4,000 words, the left-wing magazine Politico attempted to push the old media mantra that Colorado Springs epitomizes the failures of right-wing politics and running the state like a business. The article, “The Short, Miserable Life of a Libertarian Paradise,” examines the city’s resilience during the Great …
More »No, natural resources are not about to run out.
Guest author: Krasen Stanchev Here's what I had to comment on the sighs of an old friend... The calculations for the resources of humanity on the occasion of August 2 are not just incorrect, dear Petko (Simeonov), but they are also incorrectly conceived, calculated and explained. From the "Club of Rome" to now, the resources have "run out" of about ...
More »The virtue of consumerism
Author: Stefan Kichev Recently, in Western societies, and in our country as well, we often hear about the low and vulgar nature of "consumerism" - of consumer culture - how this quasi-philosophy makes us abandon the important things in life, and on the other hand, lures us to consider everything ...
More »Is our drug policy economically effective?
What is the problem with medicines? The problems in Bulgarian healthcare are not only with medicines. The problem of the entire system is actually the inefficient spending of funds, which is getting worse every year. The second problem is that since the establishment of the National Health Insurance Fund (NHIF) until today, its budget has been growing by an average of about 7% per …
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