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Aglika Kaneva
ANALYSIS OF THE PROFITABILITY INDICATORS AND THE INDICATORS FOR ASSESSING THE QUALITY OF BANK ASSETS IN EU MEMBER STATES IN THE PERIOD FROM 2007 TO 2017
Summary:
The research paper analyses the profitability of banks in EU Member States -earnings after taxes, return on equity and return on assets. It also reviews the dynamics of the indicators for assessing the quality of bank assets, such as the share of watch exposures and non-performing exposures on loans and advance payments, specific provisions and loan impairments of banks in the European Union and the euro area, since, similar to the profitability indicators, they are strongly affected by financial crises.
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Nikolay Ninov
Efficiency of the Social Assistance System in Bulgaria through Planning the Use of European Funds
Summary:
Within the social policy implemented to alleviate the worst forms of deprivation and combat poverty, targeting European Union citizens that are most affected by the socio-economic crisis, and through the Fund for European Aid to the Most Deprived, the European Commission finalized the process of adoption of all national operational programmes for the period 2014-2020 amounting to a total value of 3.8 billion Euros. These funds will be spent on achieving social cohesion and implementing one of the main objectives of the Europe 2020 Strategy – “Lifting at least 20 million people out of the risk of poverty or social exclusion”. The Republic of Bulgaria received 104.8 million Euros to finance social benefits and social services aimed at promoting social inclusion, thereby the national social assistance system is expected to demonstrate greater effectiveness and efficiency in spending them
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Krassimira Kostadonova Naydenova
SOME CONSEQUENCES OF BULGARIA’S NON-MEMBERSHIP IN THE EURO AREA
Summary:
The accession of Bulgaria to the Eurozone has been a problem for 10 years now, and the non-persistent attempts of the Bulgarian governments have faced the organized opposition of the European institutions. The rules for adopting the European currency are known, but they seem unread, and the political interpretation of the full-scale criteria has placed Bulgaria outside the “inner” European club.
The deprivation of our country from Eurozone membership has not only social or political, but also financial consequences. The annual losses are significant and the national economy, financial markets and society remain only partially integrated.
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Polya Angelova
MODERN ASPECTS
OF AGRICULTURAL
STATISTICS IN BULGARIA
Summary:
The development of agricultural statistics in Bulgaria over the last two decades has been accompanied by a number of organizational and methodological problems. On the one hand, they are generated by the overall restructuring of the agricultural sector – changes in the form of ownership, land relations, production and industrial restructuring, and agricultural policy, which has led to serious difficulties in carrying out statistical surveys. On the other hand, the preparation of the country for the EU accession imposed institutional and legal harmonization both in the sphere of agriculture and in the sphere of statistics, incl. agricultural statistics. This necessitated the creation of a new specialized institutional structure, a statistics authority which is to carry out statistical surveys in agriculture in line with the European requirements.
The present article focuses on statistical surveys carried out in agriculture with the aim to outline the organizational and methodological framework of modern agricultural statistics in Bulgaria. The emphasis is on their methodological aspects and major elements of their organization – scope, object, frequency, form of carrying out, sources of information.
