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Requiem for public health

Last Monday it became clear that the Ministry of Health (MOH) has serious intentions to strengthen control over "public health" by introducing sanctions for not going for preventive check-ups: higher health contributions for "offenders". A week before that, Minister Dr. Moskov said that he wants to impose a 10% excise tax on harmful foods and ...

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How are the MES matriculation exams similar to the inspections of the Food Safety Agency?

After a series of investigative reports by Nova TV, this morning all print and online media started the day with unambiguous headlines like "The Ministry of Education admitted to mass cheating in the matriculation exams." In a very similar scenario, after complaints from the owner of "Aladdin Foods" and the National Association of Dairy Processors, another public secret was revealed, ...

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Guest article: An explosive problem with a touch of managerial ineptitude and backed up by state intervention

Incidents in ammunition production or disposal plants are becoming more and more common in the news. Unfortunately, regardless of their nature and the reasons for their occurrence, they are perceived as something that happens because of private initiative in the sector. This “stone in the garden” of the free market is largely …

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Bank regulations – to the detriment of both companies and consumers

The law is very rarely – or rather, almost never – a reflection of reality. On the contrary – the law is a reflection of the will of the legislator regarding what reality should be. It is for this reason that most attempts to model human behavior with the help of legislation are doomed to failure – …

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European vacuum cleaners and their apologists

We propose something really interesting - a combination of a guest commentary by Kuzman Iliev and our editor Stoyan Panchev - in one Kuzman Iliev Europe banned vacuum cleaners with a power of over 1,600W, which became the reason for writing the article in the newspaper Dnevnik "Economics of the banned vacuum cleaner", with author Yulian Popov. "The debate ...

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The clerks - out of the kitchen

The extent to which government authorities have taken on the daunting task of looking after people’s health is startling. The latest – and rather absurd – example is the EU’s intention to limit the amount of cinnamon in food[1] on the grounds that it contains a toxic substance that could …

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