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author: Vladimir Subev

Los centros de educación superior en Bulgaria: cantidad a expensas de calidad

El pasado 1 de octubre se inauguraba el nuevo año lectivo académico en los centros de enseñanza superior de Bulgaria. A cincuenta y cinco centros de educación universitaria accedieron 300 000 estudiantes en distintas carreras y especialidades. El número..

04.10.18 13:34 |

University education in Bulgaria: quantity at expense of quality

The new academic year in the Bulgarian universities started on October 1. Fifty five Bulgarian universities welcomed 300,000 students in different majors. The number of freshmen amount to 55,000. Earlier the state authorities approved 70,000..

04.10.18 13:21 |

Bulgarian banks’ profit crosses psychological boundary of BGN 1 billion

Between January and August 2018 the profit of all 26 commercial banks in Bulgaria crossed the psychological boundary of BGN 1 billion (EUR 556 million). Moreover, the banks’ profit increased with 20% as compared to the same period last year...

02.10.18 11:40 |

Is price shock going to hit Bulgarians in October?

Bulgarians have become used to living with bearable and relatively stable prices for the past 5-6 years, as they neither increased dramatically nor registered any significant falls. This price stability was mainly due to deflation. There have..

28.09.18 15:14 |
The Bulgarian Energy Holding (BEH) tops the COFACE list of Bulgaria’s largest companies

17 Bulgarian companies find place in Central and Eastern Europe Top 500 chart

Bulgaria and Bulgarian economy are not big. The share of Bulgarian GDP in the total GDP of the EU is less than 1 percent. But this does not prevent large companies comparable to multinational giants from doing business in this country, along..

25.09.18 16:06 |

Belene nuclear power plant: From “puddle” to financial black hole

The project for the construction of a second nuclear power plant in Bulgaria from the times of communism is on the verge of turning 40. Yet to this very day there is no such power plant. Prime Minister Boyko Borissov once called the..

19.09.18 14:01 |

De “charco”, el proyecto para la planta nuclear de Bélene pasa a transformarse en agujero negro financiero

El proyecto para la construcción en Bulgaria de una central electronuclear se remonta a la época del comunismo, al existir desde casi unos 40 años. Sin embargo, no hay todavía tal central nuclear. Boyko Borisov, primer ministro de Bulgaria, llegó a..

19.09.18 12:33 |

Prices in Bulgaria are half the European, but incomes are 5 to 7 times lower

Consumer prices in Bulgaria are 44% of what they are in the rest of the EU, Eurostat has reported. This places Bulgaria at the top of the cheap price chart in the EU, followed by Romania and Poland. In theory as prices are half the European ones,..

29.08.18 12:56 |

Starosel village and its triple attraction

Starosel village lies between a mountain – Sredna Gora, and a plain – the Thracian plain – and it offers a triple attraction for people with a variety of interests. Starting with those with an interest in the history of the ancient..

28.08.18 12:00 |

Conmociones en el mercado búlgaro de seguros

La compañía de seguros chipriota “Olympic” se ha declarado en quiebra y se ha quedado sin licencia. También ha anunciado su quiebra la filial que ésta tenía en Bulgaria. En realidad, no se sabe cuál de las dos quiebras ocurrió primero, puesto que la..

22.08.18 12:43 |