From 2025 to 2026: Competition in Romania
March 2025
Anca Diaconu, Partner at our member firm Nestor Nestor Diculescu Kingston Petersen, highlights the key legislative updates from 2025 in the Romania's competition field and talks about the Competition Council’s activity throughout the year, reflecting as well on major trends likely to shape the sector in 2026..
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KG Law Firm Contributes to GILC’s “Captives Report” — Greece
March 2026
Kyriakides Georgopoulos Law Firm's Finance Team consisted of Konstantinos Issaias, Partner, and Zaphireneia Theodoraki, Senior Associate, shared insights on what typically drives captive domicile decisions and how proportionality is applied in Greece within the Solvency II framework, for the Global Insurance Law Connect (GILC) Captives Report.
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From 2025 to 2026: TMT in Bulgaria
March 2026
Nikolay Zisov, Partner at our member firm BOYANOV & Co., discussed key trends and developments in Bulgaria's TMT sector in the latest CEE Legal Matters Buzz interview.
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Amendments to the Greek Immigration Code: New Law Reshapes Employment of Third-Country Nationals
February 2026
Ioanna Kyriazi, Partner, Argyro Pertsinidou, Senior Associate, and Niki Nisotaki, Associate
Kyriakides Georgopoulos Law Firm
A. Introduction
Law 5275/2026 (Government Gazette A’ 17/06.02.2026) introduces a comprehensive reform of the Greek legal migration framework. The new legislation notably reshapes the framework governing the recalling process for the recruitment of third-country nationals (in Greek, “metaklisi”), while also establishing a unified (single) residence permit scheme for residence and employment, introducing new visa categories, and updating the procedures…
Green Financing in Real Estate – Reality vs. Marketing
February 2026
Igor Petkovic, Senior Associate
Marić & Co
When the city of Joppa rebelled against Thutmose III, one of his officers, Thutiyi, devised a plan that would echo through history. He hid soldiers in jars presented as gifts and reclaimed the city from within. The story has survived not because of its military brilliance, but because it captures something fundamental about structural change: large systems rarely shift through force alone. They require ingenuity.
The global transition toward greener construction may demand a similar kind of ingenuity.
Construction today represents…
Fake Consumer Reviews: Enforcement Practice of the Bulgarian Consumer Protection Commission
February 2026
Trayan Targov, Senior Associate
BOYANOV & Co.
Online shopping is now part of everyday life across Europe, and Bulgaria is also progressing steadily in this area. As of 2024, 73% of Europeans purchased goods or services online compared to approximately 50% of Bulgarians, leaving substantial potential for future growth (European E‑commerce Report 2025).
As e-commerce expands, consumer reviews have become a key driver of online purchasing decisions, especially when product quality or performance cannot be judged from the trader’s description or brand alone.
Consumer reliance…
A New Era in Collective Labour Law: The Social Agreement Explained
February 2026
Ioanna Kyriazi, Partner, and Nantia Straitouri, Associate
Kyriakides Georgopoulos Law Firm
A. Introduction
In December 2025, Greece published its Action Plan for the Promotion of Collective Bargaining (2026-2030) as part of the implementation of Directive (EU) 2022/2041, transposed into national legislation by Law 5163/2024. The Action Plan sets out a structured framework to strengthen collective bargaining and reinforce social dialogue.
A central pillar of the Action Plan is the Social Agreement for the Strengthening of Collective Labour Agreements, concluded between the Ministry…
Implementation of NIS 2 in Bulgaria: Key Changes to the Cybersecurity Act
February 2026
Deyan Terziev, Senior Associate
BOYANOV & Co.
On 17 February, the amendments to the Cybersecurity Act transposing Directive (EU) 2022/2555 (NIS 2) into Bulgarian law enter into force.
The reform significantly restructures the existing framework under the previous NIS 1 regime, broadening the scope of obliged entities, strengthening cybersecurity risk management requirements and introducing explicit governance and management accountability mechanisms.
From NIS 1 to NIS 2: Structural Reform of the Scope
Under the previous NIS 1 framework, the focus was primarily on “operators…
EU: Impact of the GPAI Code of Practice
February 2026
Anella Bukovic, Attorney at Law
Divjak Topic Bahtijarevic & Krka
The GPAI Code of Practice provides guidelines for compliance with the EU AI Act, focusing on safety, security, transparency, and copyright management.
Since the General-Purpose AI (GPAI) Code of Practice (the Code) was published on 10 July 2025, the European Commission and the AI Office confirmed on August 2 that the Code is an adequate tool for demonstrating compliance with the EU Artificial Intelligence Act (the AI Act), covering the obligations provided for in Articles 53 and 55. The Commission also published…
New State Aid Scheme for Energy-Intensive Companies: An Overview of the ZSKREP
February 2026
Miha Hocevar, Senior Associate, and Zala Flis
Selih & partnerji
Background and Purpose of the Act
On 3 February 2026, the National Assembly adopted the Act on Promoting the Competitiveness and Decarbonisation of Energy-Intensive Companies (Zakon o spodbujanju konkurenčnosti in razogljičenja elektrointenzivnih podjetij; ZSKREP). The Act represents a legislative response to the increasingly challenging economic environment, in which Slovenian industry is confronted with persistently high energy prices. In this context, the introduction of additional support measures for so-called…
Joint Ministerial Decision for the Simplification of Clinical Research Issued: Overview of Key Changes in Clinical Research Contracting in Greece
February 2026
Irene Kyriakides, Partner, Victoria Mertikopoulou, Partner, Aithra-Valentina Antoniadou, Associate and Christos Christodoulou, Associate
Kyriakides Georgopoulos Law Firm
On January 22, 2026, Joint Ministerial Decision D3(a) 52922/2026 (Government Gazette B’ 230/22.01.2026 – the “JMD”) was issued, reforming the contractual and financial framework for clinical trials and clinical research involving medicinal products and medical devices in Greece.
The new JMD introduces a unified operational framework governing the contracting, signature process and financial management…
Bulgaria Launches a Digital Nomad Residence Permit
January 2026
Ilina Maltzeva, Associate
BOYANOV & Co.
Introduction: A “digital nomad” is a person who works remotely using technology and combines this with travel and living in different parts of the world. Despite the decline in the remote work trend, digital nomads remain an increasing group of highly mobile experts. Up until now, digital nomads could reside in Bulgaria only on short-term basis (90 days every 180 days) which is no longer the case.
Legislative changes: Long-term residence in Bulgaria is granted normally for one year (with prolongation options) under specific circumstances…
