coronavirus

The imposition of green certificates requiring vaccination for admission to certain public places has caused a severe division in Bulgarian society. For better or worse, the entire conversation “for” or “against” restrictive measures against the unvaccinated revolves precisely around the question in the title, which unfortunately is not put into a sufficiently detailed context by …

Bulgaria is entering a second lockdown. The entire education system is switching back to remote mode, restaurants and malls are closing, and even sporting events, which are without an audience anyway, are stopping. There are several conclusions from all this. The main one is that the comparison of running a country with driving a jeep has received another …

For 2021, an increase in the budget of the National Health Insurance Fund (NHIF) by approximately BGN 312 million is planned. Unlike the previous year, this time it is nominal - within 7.2%, for comparison in 2019 - 2020 it was 9.1%. The main items on which these …

"I agree that it's absurd, but what can I do? The RZI gives us some lists and we break our legs going from house to house. I'm writing to you that you're not here, because you're not here," the policeman tells me on the phone. He's standing in front of my apartment door, but I'm not in …

Mass restrictions are back. As the pandemic has escalated in recent weeks, a number of countries in Europe have re-imposed closures of most public facilities and businesses. Given that we are only at the beginning of the “cold” season of the year, the horizon for clearing the current escalation in the pandemic situation is very …

Author: Stanislav Kalachev On August 3, 2020, the government decided to raise civil servant salaries by 30%. The decision comes into effect at the end of the same month. This move by the government coincided with the expiration of the first ten days of my quarantine. If you are wondering what the general …

TEAM · 30. How serious is the threat to the eurozone? Deep apologies for the poor sound quality! From the next episode we hope to be able to record in more comfortable live conditions and the technical problems will be eliminated! In this episode we once again reviewed the most significant events in the financial world in …

Author: Petar Ivanov You are woken up by the bass clatter of a cango, a hammer or something similar. It is 2:15 PM, but you are used to it, you practically use it as an alarm clock. The craftsmen building the third overpass in front of the apartment building finish their coffees around this time every day and get busy with their public works. The TV is abandoned …

In "The Intelligent Investor" we continue to comment on the most current economic developments in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic around the world. In the new episode we discuss: How effective are the quarantine measures implemented in Bulgaria? Are the markets completely irrational now? Why are the stock markets growing while the economy is deteriorating? What are the most current economic forecasts after …

In recent weeks, we have witnessed a heated debate between doctors and master pharmacists about the right and procedure for prescribing medicines for Bulgarian patients. Pharmacists are starting from the point of view that due to the state of emergency, there is a possibility that certain medicines or their analogues will become scarce goods. Here …