This research attempts to reveal the level of utilization of European funds by the smallholder farmers in rural areas in South-western Bulgaria, their problems and levels of satisfaction by the administrative services they receive. The survey was held in the spring of 2013. It collects data directly from the beneficiaries of these European programs. For the purpose of the survey data was collected through interviews with key participants with the help of local assistants. Topics like: potential corruption, problems in completing documents, administrative services quality and others were investigated. The research is focused on a small rural-mountainous area in the Western Rhodopes. The results and conclusions could be a good base for improving the work of national administration in the area. The results revealed some problems that could be overcome.

The article gives the results from realized assessment of relative shares of productions having high, medium and low added value in the exportation structure of Bulgaria for the period 1986 – 2013. On the basis of made assessments have been shown the industrial development of the economy and its innovativeness, during the indicated period.

The aim of the article is to marc some tendencies in the development of the land use and the land relationships in Bulgaria. In Bulgaria the transformation in the 90s in was affected by political reasons. “Natural restitution” was chosen for the agriculture. The fragmentation of the land ownership proceeded further. This process negatively affected the model of the land use and resulted in the bipolar agriculture. Many small farms are taking care of a small part of the agricultural land. On the contrary small number of big farms are cultivating extremely big areas. Structural changes with unbalanced character are occurring in agriculture after joining of the EU 27. The share of the crops and technical cultures is expanding at the expense of the growing of fruits, vegetables and livestock. They are supported us sensitive branches in the framework of the CAP 2014+. This problem is a consequence of the Bulgarian land use and reflects the undeveloped relationships typical for the Bulgarian agriculture.

Public investments are a crucial factor for the achievement of economic growth, increase of national, regional and local competitiveness and improvement of the quality of life of local population. In recent years, as the processes of decentralization intensify, local governments were entrusted with increasingly greater responsibilities associated with the construction and maintenance of public infrastructure. The main goal of this paper is to assess the investment capacity of Bulgarian municipalities for the period 2003-2014. Basic research methods used in this paper: historical and logical analysis, analysis and synthesis, comparative analysis.

The changes that occur in the business environment, predetermined changes in the nature of organizations and approaches to their management. The modern conception of leadership is associated with the implementation of best practices for the overall successful development of organizations found in human capital management, customer relationships and partners in understanding the importance of the constructs of corporate culture, organizational identity and reputation, as the ability to create organizational reality that motivate, engage and inspire members of the organization in achieving the corporate vision.