The Economics Department Presented Its Annual Conference on the Economic Challenges: Crisis, Recovery, Sustainability

Maria Mincheva, Deputy Chairman of the Bulgarian Chamber of Commerce /BIA/, expressed thankfulness for the opportunity to share what the business had faced over the last two years of Covid-19 pandemic. "I am deeply convinced that the political response to this health crisis will be the subject of scientific research for decades. I can compare the damages caused by the pandemic with those caused by the Second World War. No one was prepared for such circumstances", she commented. Mrs. Mincheva explained that “regarding companies and employers' organizations, the period was associated with non-stop efforts and work". After the initial shock, the situation gradually began to normalize". She said explicitly that "it is time to talk not only about a crisis and recovery but about sustainable recovery which goes through both transformation and new policies related to the digital and green transition".