The curse of the NEW Maltese citizenship by merits program On 29 April 2025, the European Court of Justice ruled that the Maltese citizenship by investment program violated EU law. This decision effectively ended the Maltese Golden Passport scheme. In July 2025, Malta was forced to change its legislation toContinue Reading
Your USDT are frozen by Tether and you don’t know what to do? In the first four months of 2025 alone, as VD&A reports, there were seven times more requests for assistance to unfreeze blocked Tether (USDT) accounts than there were in all of 2024. The huge increase is worrying,Continue Reading
Bulgarian banks (with few exceptions) pay no interest on deposits Once a centre of high-interest deposit accounts, Bulgaria is now what Switzerland was 20 years ago – zero interest rates on bank deposits in all major banks. Many foreigners are baffled as to why Bulgarian banks seem not to wantContinue Reading
Is it possible for a foreigner to open bank account in Bulgaria in 2023? During the past few years ,we have been reporting many problems with opening of bank accounts for foreigners in Bulgaria. In many cases, foreign bank accounts in Bulgaria have been even frozen, to the horror ofContinue Reading
Doing business in Bulgaria Israelis are good in doing business. And Bulgaria is the best EU country for Israelis to do business in. But in Bulgaria, one needs solid legal support and local knowledge to make things happen. And to make them happen fast. טובים השנים מן האחד We provideContinue Reading
I believe that banking institutions are more dangerous to our liberties than standing armies. Thomas Jefferson More and more clients are coming to us for assistance, whose bank accounts in Bulgaria have been frozen. It is unfortunate, but we see a clear pattern of more and more accounts being blockedContinue Reading
Bitcoin has gone mainstream. And Bitcoin knows no borders. But are there any particular things to consider when it comes to dealing with BTC in Bulgaria? Spread margins in Bulgaria – way too high Buying and selling BTC through Bulgarian intermediary is expensive, very expensive. At times, the spread betweenContinue Reading
Since the beginning of 2019 we have been constantly alerting about the inability of many foreigners to open companies in Bulgaria. The main problem comes from the fact that banks in Bulgaria simply reject to open bank accounts for new companies. This is of course when the bank sees thatContinue Reading
How hard is to open bank account in Bulgaria in 2020 Following our 2019 update on the different problems that foreigners face when trying to open bank accounts in Bulgaria, things haven’t got much easier. The banks in Bulgaria don’t seem to be getting much joy from their foreign clients.Continue Reading
