Bulgaria

The Bulgarian energy sector is in a special state, which according to Assoc. Prof. Krasen Stanchev[1] can already be called a crisis, while according to former Prime Minister Ivan Kostov[2] it is pre-crisis. The facts are that Bulgaria is still a significant producer and exporter of electricity, but, due to foreign policy circumstances, a significant share of our …

Emotions and feelings inevitably have an impact on the overall socio-political and economic life. It is especially strong in decisive historical moments. This justifies the interest in them. The main questions that will be answered in this text are: when and under what conditions has political life in Bulgaria caused joy, delight …

The four-party government has already been formed and communication about the government’s priorities is in full swing. Not only do we know what has been agreed upon by the coordination groups in the mall[1], but we are also listening attentively to the first moves of the new ministers. What we hear immediately points us to the ongoing process of political realignment, in which …

Acting Finance Minister Valeri Belchev "corrected" himself on Friday and revealed that the deficit in his ministry's planned state budget for 2022 will actually be 5.1% of GDP, not 2.9%, as he initially said a week ago. I recall that at that surprise press conference, the minister did not know what the parameters of the main ...

In the footsteps of a politically useless past The politically useless past is ugly and does not inspire national pride or enthusiasm among voters. That is why it is left to rest in peace in archives and libraries. When told meaningfully and honestly, it functions as a vaccine against social diseases such as populism, demagogy, corruption, use …

This weekend, the negotiations for a government between "We Continue the Change", "There Is Such a People", "Democratic Bulgaria" and the "Bulgarian Socialist Party" ended. Or at least the public part of them ended - the one that was broadcast live on the Internet. From what we saw, the negotiations generally went in relative harmony between the positions of the individual parties. Some …

"As long as the right is led by Boyko Borisov, it has no chance to rise" ~ Ivan Kostov A threat of institutional death has loomed over all possible coalition partners of the new leading force in the person of "We Continue the Change". Slavi Trifonov's people are pushed into a corner by their political failures and contradictions. The Socialists must ...

In the photo: Protest of "Vazrazhdane" against the "Borisov" cabinet Kilograms of salt are piling up in the cleverly beautiful corners of social networks. Anti-vaxxer-fascists will be in the next National Assembly and there, like all other nationalists so far... they will sell passports and overdo it with stimulants. Or maybe not. In fact, even mainstream sociologists already feel that things are ...

In the photo: Ivaylo Hristov, Deputy Minister of Finance Last week, at the two-day banking and financial forum of Manager magazine, another propaganda "discussion" was held regarding the pros and cons of Bulgaria joining the eurozone. I call it propaganda because this is another "discussion" in which only ministers, employers ...

October 1 marked exactly one year since Bulgaria officially joined the EU Banking Union. The accession was accompanied by great fanfare from public experts, politicians, and of course the government of Boyko Borissov himself, who in April 2020 announced Bulgaria’s accession to the ERM-II exchange rate mechanism and the Banking Union …