Stefan Antonov
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Stefan Antonov: Two lessons on statehood after the hell of PetrohanIt was May 2021, in the first days of Stefan Yanev's caretaker government, when the stars of Kiril Petkov and Asen Vassilev rose. There was alread ...09.02.20263 769 -
World leaders talk about transplants and immortality. What are the implications for us?Six years ago, one of our smart bankers told me that with the progress of medicine, people born today can live to be 110-115 years old. He headed a ba ...04.09.20252 927 -
Stefan Antonov: Selling a share of "Balkan Stream" is a betrayalWhen a few weeks ago the US vice president accused Denmark of not taking care of Greenland, he argued that the kingdom had not taken enough action to ...22.05.20253 229 -
The referendum on the euro is not an economic, but a political issue. It hits the ECB and the ECThe referendum on the euro is not an economic, but a political issue. It also affects the upcoming report on our readiness to replace the lev with the ...13.05.20252 151 -
Horrifying interest rates! Bulgaria seeks loans of between three and four billion euros on extremely unfavorable termsThe Bulgarian government has gone to the international capital markets in search of a loan in the form of two bond issues - with maturities of nine an ...29.04.20253 170
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The budget is facing disaster. It is almost running out of money in the Silver FundThe liabilities of the Bulgarian National Bank to the government, which are practically equivalent to the fiscal reserve, were 5.98 billion leva at th ...08.04.20253 506 -
The National Statistical Institute is fighting inflation by reducing the weight of the most expensive and sensitive goodHow is it possible that in one month we can see organized consumer dissatisfaction with price increases, basic consumer products becoming more expensi ...12.03.20255 282 -
After changes to the CITA, companies will donate money to enter the eurozoneThe state will collect voluntary donations from companies in order to limit the budget deficit to the extent that it meets the requirements for member ...23.02.20255 144 -
Stefan Antonov: The truth about Asen Vassilev's legacy was sacrificed for the sake of the eurozoneThe draft budget for 2025 prepared by the now regular Finance Minister Temenuzhka Petkova turned out to be an absolute farce and a mockery of society ...19.02.20254 437
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Hypocrisy and demagogy. PP-DB, which led us to chronic deficits, are now scaring us with a Videnova winterA group of euro activists has signed a petition addressed to the Prime Minister and the Speaker of the National Assembly, in which they insist that Bu ...04.02.20253 675
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Quiet panic in the Ministry of Finance. Preliminary estimates predict a surplus deficit for 2024.Only the website “Sega“ noted that on January 15, the caretaker government of Dimitar Glavchev adopted a decree, canceling one of its las ...27.01.202524 217 -
20 billion jump in expenses and income! The MoF proposed the most absurd draft budget in decades2025 draft budget with unprecedented expenditures – BGN 98 billion and an unbelievable increase in revenues - by as much as BGN 20 billion (27%) ...12.12.20243 879 -
The fiscal situation in Bulgaria is really difficult, the other is manipulation and escape from realityA truly heated controversy sparked the article mine from Tuesday comparing the chosen approach to budget problems today with the one that Plamen Oresh ...24.11.20247 800
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Stefan Antonov: Andrey Gyurov escalates his dismissal from the BNBIn his nervousness and weakness "We continue the change" tend to turn their struggle for survival into their worst enemy. The next step is A ...23.11.20243 937 -
Stefan Antonov: The idea of a tax amnesty is difficult to implement and would punish those in good faithIn order to ensure additional revenues in the budget for the coming year, the Ministry of Finance is also discussing the possible remission of penalty ...08.11.20242 717
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Stefan Antonov: Due to a looming monstrous deficit, the Ministry of Finance is considering raising taxes and insuranceWhen the wishful thinking of populists collides with reality, there two problems. Often the populists will not hold them accountable and always the pr ...06.10.20246 020 -
The case of Andrey Gyurov is another shame for "We continue the change" and the media of "America for Bulgaria"The deputy governor of the Bulgarian National Bank, who heads the “Issue“ Andrey Gyurov is incompatible with any of his other qualities an ...27.06.202411 821 -
Basic military training? Great, but let's organize it properlyPresident Rumen Radev's call to think about providing “some initial military training of the young generation” is completely relevant ...18.06.20242 531 -
Record premiums in the Ministry of Finance: BGN 20,000 in 17 days! Asen Vasilev maintained a hidden entourage of people on civil contractsThe former Finance Minister Asen Vassilev had a team of trusted people in the Ministry of Finance. They are not appointed with an employment contract ...05.06.202410 310 -
Pramod Mittal wants to sue Bulgaria for 500 million dollars because of the ruin of "Kremikovtsi"The former owner of “Kremikovtsi” Pramod Mittal and half a dozen of his relatives sent a letter through their lawyer to the then Prime Mi ...31.05.202410 986
