• Andrey Zahariev
    75 YEARS SCIENTIFIC TRIBUNE FOR ECONOMIC GROWTH
    JEL: B20, B41
    Summary: The Economic Archive journal is a scientific economic publication which has been in print without interruption for as long as 75 years. As a scientific tribune for economic growth it has been printed permanently by Tsenov Publishing; it has been administered and funded by the D. A. Tsenov Academy of Economics. Throughout those 75 years (until issue 3 / 2020) the journal has published 2,637 articles by authors from over 20 countries representing over 100 scientific organizations, institutions of higher education and other institutions. The journal releases 4 issues per annum in a paper and electronic format in Bulgarian (under the name Narodnostopanski Arhiv ) and English; it is indexed in six international bibliographic databases. Its electronic archive (https://www2.uni-svishtov.bg/NSArhiv/) has supported full-text bilingual free access to all articles since 2013; via the resources of the Central and Eastern European Online Library (CEEOL), access has been possible to all articles since 2008. Over the last decade, in four consecutive years, the journal has been co-financed on the basis of projects of the Editorial Board approved by the Scientific Research Fund in Bulgaria following calls for project proposals for Bulgarian Scientific Periodicals.
  • Miroslav Dimitrov, Anatoly Andreev
    SOLUTIONS AND PROSPECTS FOR ENSURING ENERGY SECURITY
    JEL: B41, B49
    Summary: The article is an attempt for scientific justification and analysis, which aim to determine the role of energy policy for the decisions and prospects for development of the energy sector in terms of its influence, benefits and disadvantages. Therefore, its subject is the policy implemented in the energy sector, which is used as a tool to guarantee energy security. Its object is the European Union as a whole and our country - the Republic of Bulgaria – as one of its member states. To achieve these objectives, the authors have made a retrospective analysis of the principles of energy policy analysing in detail the use of the regulatory means, frameworks and mechanisms as instruments of the energy policy of the EU and the Republic of Bulgaria, which aim to guarantee their energy security. The main focus is on the effect and effectiveness of the use of such tools from the point of view of the sectoral energy policy in terms of their implementation and impact on the current energy policy, the prospects for guaranteeing energy security, and the overall development of the energy sector.