Sofia is a city of contradictions. Our capital has some of the largest separate parks in Europe, it is located in close proximity to a natural park, but despite this, the city's residents regularly express dissatisfaction with the lack of green spaces. To understand what this paradox is due to, we cannot …
More »Urban planning policy in Sofia: Recommendations for reform
| Full text of the report | In recent years, urban planning issues in Sofia have become a particularly topical and politically heated topic in the public sphere. Our new report aims to present our vision of the reforms that urban planning policy in Sofia needs in order to improve its quality …
More »Cities have always had their squares and green spaces.
Parks are an invention and a luxury of modern society. This is true of many things that we take for granted, but they are a direct result of the general affluence in some parts of the world, a consequence of the division of labor, of scientific progress, and in general – the opportunity to live without working every day, all day, …
More »The "Ivancheva" model
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…
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EKIP– Expert Club for Economics and Politics A Different Opinion