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At the beginning of August, the Employment Registration Ordinance (the "Ordinance") was passed, which further develops some of the forthcoming changes to employment law. The changes relate to the introduction of a new employment register at the National Revenue Agency ("NRA") and a single electronic employment record to replace the employment record book. A brief overview of the main changes is provided in this article.

The Regulation on digital operational resilience for the financial sector (DORA) entered into force on January 16, 2023, and forms an integral part of the European Commission's digital finance package, a package of measures to further enable and support the potential of digital finance in terms of innovation and competition, while mitigating the risks arising from it. DORA will become directly applicable in each Member State from January 17, 2025. In this article, Desislava Krusteva, Partner at Dimitrov, Petrov & Co., gives an overview of the interplay between DORA and the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).

Unlike traditional easements, which require the existence of two adjacent properties (dominant and servient) and are created by virtue of a contract, easements under the EA arise by virtue of the law. This raises a number of practical issues, such as exactly how the easement arises and how compensation is determined for the owners of the affected properties. However, in the practice of municipalities there is a misunderstanding of the matter, cumbersome administrative procedures and unpredictable requirements of the administration that carries out this activity - which, in turn, impedes investors and delays RES projects. *This publication is in Bulgarian

Assoc. Prof. Martin Zahariev, PhD, Partner and Head of IP, shares some career advice based on his perosnal experience for the Career Barometer section of WorkTalent's job and internship platform. *This publication is in Bulgarian.

Desislava Krusteva and Tsvetelina Paskova have contributed the Bulgarian part of the AI Regulations Guide - an initiative of World IT Lawyers covering 15, mostly European, jurisdictions. This guide is designed for private companies that try and want to use AI in their work or implement it, and that have cross-border customers. World IT Lawyers, whose member DPC has been for many years, believes that knowledge of the legislation of different countries, properly explained, structured and systematized, can contribute to correct and balanced decisions.