Vidin is a city with a long history. Vidin was a former capital during the decline of the Second Bulgarian Kingdom. But there is something else that the city and more precisely the city’s residents share with their fellow citizens in the modern capital – their support for the Sofia metro. You are probably wondering how the citizens of Vidin …
More »Ep. 42: The Air in Sofia with Rashid Rashid
Links: Interactive air quality map Air quality standards For greater convenience, we recommend downloading the podcast audio by clicking the “Download” button in the player above. Don’t forget to like and share on Facebook and write a comment with your opinion and/or criticism about this …
More »How to deal with the constant traffic jams in Sofia?
This article is an excerpt from the new report of the EKIP "Urban Planning Policy in Sofia: Recommendations for Reform" Traffic congestion in Sofia is one of the major problems in the capital. Increased traffic is a difficult problem to solve in many places around the world, and everywhere it leads to the same negative effects that citizens, …
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 »Ep. 29: Weekly Review and Answers to Patreon Questions
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More »The government's economic program - a string of disappointments
Authors: Georgi Vuldzhev, Emil Valkov This commentary is an analysis of the government's programs in the field of economy, energy, transport and tourism for the period 2017-2021, published on 02.08.2017 on the website of the Council of Ministers here. Economy: (Georgi Vuldzhev) The first priority in the government program in the "economy" sector is the removal of the administrative burden for business ...
More »Shared travel – a lesson in capitalism and snobbery
It never even crossed my mind that I would have to speak out publicly on this topic, or even parade on television, defending the obvious. But alas, I now know that nothing, absolutely nothing, can surprise me in Bulgarian managerial thought. The chronology of events Once upon a time...
More »The vignettes change, the problem remains*
Even if there are daily and quarterly stickers, the question is how both the outdated and newly built road infrastructure will be maintained. Despite the resistance shown by the Ministry of Regional Development and Public Works (MRDPW), the introduction of daily and quarterly vignettes from January 1, 2017 was adopted at first reading in the relevant parliamentary committee...
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