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The deals of 2020: Few and far between
The pandemic practically froze the M&A market. Buyers are still mostly local faces
Tourism this season: between freedom and fear
Bulgaria has to figure out how to attract people again
Bulgarian stock exchange in 2020: COVID-19 and other disasters
The SOFIX index suffers worst drop since 2008, blue-chip stocks underperform broader market
No land of vaccines: COVID-19 and Bulgaria
Even though the British strain reaches the country, malls and gyms open and the vaccination schedule lags far behind
Winter tourism’s ice age
The hotel industry is facing a season of uncertainty, with demand to depend on how the pandemic will develop
Outsourcing: The foreign sector
Service outsourcing companies have been growing at healthy double-digit rates for a decade but the coronavirus crisis is putting that model of development to the test
Small businesses’ big crisis
Small firms which make up more than 90% of companies in Bulgaria, were hit hardest by the Covid-19 crisis
Who owns Bulgaria’s beaches?
Beach concessions remain reserved territory for selected players - mainly people said to have been connected with mafia-style structures in the past and owners of big hotel chains
The loneliest summer
While small towns on the Bulgarian Black Sea coast enjoy the return of domestic tourists, large resorts traditionally relying on foreigner visitors look deserted
The VAT shock
Restaurants, books and baby goods got a surprise cut in VAT rate from prime minister Boyko Borissov
Six lessons from COVID 19
Bulgaria weathered the first part of the pandemic unexpectedly well but then started failing
Bulgaria strikes at AirBnB, Booking.com
After unsuccessfully trying to shut down the lodging sharing service, the GERB-led coalition government imposes a small fee on apartment owners