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Bulgaria to officially adopt the euro in six months

As of 1 January 2026, retailers must be ready to accept both EUR and BGN as payment currencies and...

Employment contract vs. civil contract – what clauses should not be included in a civil contract?

Franchising: the path to having your own business with less risk and more opportunities

Purchasing real estate – what to look out for

Bulgaria to officially adopt the euro in six months

As of 1 January 2026, retailers must be ready to accept both EUR and BGN as payment currencies and...

Yordanka Dimova

Employment contract vs. civil contract – what clauses should not be included in a civil contract?

In practice, the mixing of the two types of contracts most often occurs by including terms and...

Rositsa Vasileva

Employment contract vs. civil contract – what clauses could be included in a civil contract?

In this article we briefly present several types of clauses that can be included in a civil...

Rositsa Vasileva

Franchising: the path to having your own business with less risk and more opportunities

How can franchising help you start your own business?

Radina Tomanova

Purchasing real estate – what to look out for

Buying a property for residential or business purposes can be an exciting venture, but the process...

Tsvetelina Koleva

What changes to the ESG legislation does the Omnibus Package bring?

Its primary aim is to improve ESG standards in the European Union, while reducing the...

Ana-Mari Eremieva

AI Act (REGULATION 2024/1689): Timeline roadmap

Regulation 2024/1689, a.k.a the AI Act, is step by step going to introduce various requirements to...

Prof. Martin Zahariev, PhD

Insurance terms one needs to know

Insurance is financial activity that deals with specific terms. We have listed some of the most...

Yordanka Dimova

Some little known but important features of the insurance contract

Everyone concludes at least one insurance contract in their lifetime – to protect their home, car,...

Yordanka Dimova

December 9, 2024

Employment contract vs. civil contract – six key differences

The question of the differences between an employment contract and a civil contract often arises in...

Rositsa Vasileva

October 22, 2024

Legislative changes for ESG compliance: What does it mean for Bulgarian companies?

Pursuant to the new amendments to the Accounting Act, large companies will also have to disclose...

Ana-Mari Eremieva

October 7, 2024

End of the "mothers only" era in childcare: Fathers are now also entitled to parental leave

In 2022, a new type of paid leave in favour of the father for childcare until the child’s...

Rositsa Vasileva

September 25, 2024

A new liquidation procedure introduced in Bulgarian legislation

The Amendments to the Commercial Act have been finally adopted, introducing the so-called...

August 29, 2024

Top tips for employing people in Bulgaria

Rositsa Vasileva summarizes into digestible bullet points what you should know if you want to...

Rositsa Vasileva

Euro in Bulgaria - 7 Things You Need to Know

The adoption of the Introduction of Euro into the Republic of Bulgaria Act prior to the issuance of...

August 12, 2024

DPC Shorts: Ivan Alexander Manev on the change in taxation of crypto transactions

Taxes on individuals trading cryptocurrency reduced by legislative amendment

Ivan Alexander Manev

August 12, 2024

DPC Shorts: Ivan Alexander Manev with some good VAT-related news for small business

From 1 January 2025, the VAT registration threshold for Bulgarian companies is raised to BGN...

Ivan Alexander Manev

Problems with easements under the Energy Act impede investors and delay RES projects

There is a need for refinement of municipal practice and in some cases - legal changes

New adequacy decision for safe and trusted EU-US data flows

As a consequence of the new decision personal data can flow from the EU to US companies...

Desislava Krusteva

The balance between freedom of expression and data protection

The balance between the right to freedom of expression and information and the right to data...

Personal Data Protection in the Context of Assignment of Receivables (Cession) Agreement

Pursuant to the assignment of receivables agreement the creditor under a certain receivable assigns...

CJEU Invalidates EU-US Privacy Shield, but Considers the Standard Contractual Clauses Valid?

On 16 July 2020 the Court of Justice of the European Union issued a preliminary ruling with...

Prof. Martin Zahariev, PhD

December 3, 2020

The European Data Protection Board issued new guidelines on the concepts of data controller and data processor

Оn September 2, 2020 the the EDPB issued Guidelines on the interpretation of the concepts of data...

November 17, 2021

New standard contractual clauses under GDPR adopted by the EU Commission

On 04 June 2021 the European Commission issued two sets of standard contractual clauses (SCC) under...

Desislava Krusteva

Hristo Nihrizov, Partner at DPC, gave an interview with Radio Plovdiv

Тhe bill on the amendment and supplement to the Personal Data Protection Act, which is to be...

Martin Zahariev guest in the morning block of TV EUROPE “EUROPE MORNING”

He presented his opinion on the new dating service of Facebook, the Cambridge Analytica scandal...

Desislava Krusteva is now a certified information privacy manager

The newly-acquired certificate is the second one that IAPP has conferred on Ms. Krusteva.

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