competition

If you have been following the media in recent days, you have no way of not having come across the extremely high-profile story surrounding the latest ruling of the Commission for the Protection of Competition (CPC). A ruling that represents a very dangerous precedent that, instead of "protecting" competition, actually tramples on it and threatens the interests of consumers. Let's briefly discuss what ...

Recently, a professor from Maastricht University presented a report in which he recommended that the number of higher education institutions in Bulgaria be reduced to 10, because “this was the European practice.” The argument is that until this reform is carried out, any increase in funding for science will not achieve the desired result, and that only through such …

In Bulgaria, it is assumed that the state is the most competent in all matters related to education and therefore it should take care of everything and everyone. Currently, state regulations tell parents the following: "You are obliged to educate your child in exactly the way that we have foreseen ...

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 …

Just over a week ago, the entire government launched a campaign against smuggling, and more specifically against fuel "fraud" (in quotes, because it turned out that violations occur at about 2% of gas stations). It was heavily garnished with advertisements sponsored by the Ministry of Finance, convincing us that without government taxes...