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Bulgaria should position as Silicon Valley of Europe: AmCham Executive Director Petar Ivanov

AmCham Executive Director Petar Ivanov
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Tax policy must not change if we want to attract investments. Bulgaria should be the Silicon Valley of Europe in the minds of the foreign investors, Petar Ivanov, Executive Director of the American Chamber of Commerce in Bulgaria said. There are no economic reasons for the Covid-19 crisis. It was overexposed by the media and 90% of all news was about the coronavirus. The collapse was even greater because of the emotional approach of everyone, including politicians and financiers. The Covid-19 crisis created new opportunities for doing business and communicating via the modern technologies, Petar Ivanov contends.




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