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Yuri Ivanov* Over time, we may have forgotten it, but it is an obvious truth that in socialist Bulgaria people had the right to travel wherever they wanted... as long as they did not cross the external and internal borders outlined by the party. They also had the right to do whatever they wanted with their dreams... as long as they did not...

The topic of state railways has been a favorite political chewing gum since the very beginning of the transition. Especially considering the fact that the railway company (as a classic state enterprise) in its slow death has become a black hole for taxpayers' money. The annual state subsidy for passenger transportation with discounted tickets alone amounts to …

Yesterday, the more left-wing of the two major unions – the Confederation of Bulgarian Trade Unions – brought its members to parliament to protest changes to the pension system and a number of other elements of the budget that they disagree with. Of course, the aim of the union pressure is to give more money to a certain group of workers who …

I read Evgeniy Dainov's article "Will you fight for your homeland?", in which he is outraged that most of his students have no desire to fight against foreign invaders. Leaving the "Left" and the "Right" aside, I recall what a Macedonian told me about a year ago: - "There is a difference between homeland ...

We propose something really interesting - a combination of a guest commentary by Kuzman Iliev and our editor Stoyan Panchev - in one Kuzman Iliev Europe banned vacuum cleaners with a power of over 1,600W, which became the reason for writing the article in the newspaper Dnevnik "Economics of the banned vacuum cleaner", with author Yulian Popov. "The debate ...

Today we honor the victims of totalitarianism, especially two of its most horrific manifestations – Nazism and Communism, which led to the deaths of millions and the destruction of human well-being for decades. On this occasion, we have published some statistics from “The Black Book of Communism”, a volume by Harvard University Press, in which …

Iliya Lingorski* Yesterday, Sunday, June 29, we were reassured by our politicians that the crisis is over. Even that "there is no crisis." "Political parties and institutions declared their determination and readiness to provide the necessary resources and implement all necessary measures to guarantee banking stability in the country." the president said decisively ...

Yesterday, Sunday, June 29, we were reassured by our politicians that the crisis was over. Even that "there is no crisis." "Political parties and institutions declared their determination and readiness to provide the necessary resources and implement all necessary measures to guarantee banking stability in the country," President Plevneliev said decisively. They said ...

On Sunday, Bulgarians will have the unique opportunity to choose who will not reform the healthcare, pension and education systems; who will redistribute part of their wealth; who will support one or another monopoly and who will worsen the state of the economy. In other words – tomorrow Bulgarians will vote to preserve the status quo. …

Today, the National Statistical Institute (NSI) published data on the level of the consumer price index in February, according to which deflation in Bulgaria deepened to 2.6% on an annual basis from 2.2% in January, reaching a seven-month high. Maria Ivanova from Capital commented on the data as follows: From an economic point of view, deflation is a problem, …