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Точно преди една година Съдът на ЕС (СЕС) се произнесе и потвърди досегашната дефиниция за „публичноправна организация“ в българското законодателство. В резултат на това европейското законодателство не изисква включване на частните лечебни заведения в обхвата на режима за обществени поръчки. Вместо да се вслушат в мъдрото решение на СЕС, Европейската комисия …

It is not private hospitals that need the reins of the Public Procurement Act, but state hospitals that need the freedom of the market. "The more the state 'plans', the more difficult it becomes for the individual to plan." Friedrich Hayek The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) has now finally decided the question of the scope of the Public Procurement Directive and the definition of "public law ...

The arrival of the new US government and its signals that the US military presence in Europe may be about to be withdrawn have caused violent reactions on the old continent. On March 4, the President of the European Commission (EC) Ursula von der Leyen officially announced the “ReArm Europe” initiative with a budget of 800 billion euros to improve …

Recently, the topic of public procurement of medicines at private medical institutions has once again gained media coverage. With the start of the new political season, internal pressure for action has increased, and the influence of the European Commission remains unsubstantiated and creates the feeling of dubious goals and double standards. This naturally leaves an interesting aftertaste …

The direction of his argument may be wrong, but not his substance. Italy has really been infuriating Europe lately. The populist government, led by the outside-the-box Five Star Party of comedian-turned-politician Luigi Di Maio and Matteo Salvini’s Northern League, has announced it will publish a 2019 budget with a deficit …

The pretty lady in the photo is Vera Jourova, member of the European Commission responsible for justice. Under her supervision, so to speak, is the Cooperation and Verification Mechanism, in which Bulgaria and Romania agreed to participate in order to join the European Union in 2007. Within the framework of this same mechanism …

The EU Council of Ministers[1] has endorsed the European Pillar of Social Rights. The Pillar consists of 20 principles that aim to provide equal working conditions and social protection, but in essence constitute a trampling on fundamental ideas of a market economy and society. Although it does not have the force of law, the Pillar is a political …

Author: Georgi Zayakov On June 27, the European Commission (EC) imposed an unprecedented fine of 2.4 billion euros on Alphabet, the parent company of internet giant Google. The reason – according to the EC, Google’s search engine favors its own platform “Google Shopping” and harms smaller independent shopping platforms, pushing them significantly further back in the results (often even …