...between those at the state table and everyone else. The restoration of Bulgarian statehood in 1878 marked the beginning of a deep class division in the Bulgarian nation. From the very first days and months of the Third Bulgarian State, two classes quickly and spontaneously formed. One can be conditionally defined as taxpayers, and the other ...
More »The Bulgarian Army: Heroic feats intertwined with financial and other abuses
The Bulgarian Army was formed as one of the important national institutions after the Liberation. It was supported by Bulgarian taxpayers and was entrusted with the task of protecting the national state in the powder keg called the Balkan Peninsula. Some of the truest heroes, before whom we rightly bow our heads, served in the Bulgarian Army. Part …
More »Who does the state help when it promotes the economy?
Bulgarian economic history cannot provide a universally valid answer to this question, but it can suggest in which direction to look. Therefore, it is worth paying a little attention to some of the supposedly “generally accepted” truths about Bulgaria’s economic past. Among them, one can point out the almost axiomatic statement that the economic …
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EKIP– Expert Club for Economics and Politics A Different Opinion