Abstract

On 15 and 16 November 2018 at the University of National and World Economy an International Scientific Conference on "Economic Challenges: Development, Welfare, Integration" was held. The conference was jointly organized by the Department of Economics of the UNWE and the Faculty of Economics of the Sofia University "St. Kliment Ohridski" and was part of the solemn celebration of a remarkable anniversary - 70 years since the establishment of the Department of Economics ("Political Economy") at UNWE. This conference continued the tradition, as for the fourth consecutive time the lecturers from both universities highlighted the current economic challenges and focused the attention of the scientific community on their most important concrete manifestations and aspects.