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Starting Up in Bulgaria

Can entrepreneurs at Sofia Tech Park kick-start one of the EU’s poorest countries?

Can entrepreneurs at Sofia Tech Park kick-start one of the EU's poorest countries? Ruth Alexander meets the tiny companies growing fast at Sofia Tech Park, Bulgaria's first technology business centre. Start-up culture is a new phenomenon in the former communist state, which has an unfortunate reputation for corruption; but does it now have what it takes to spark an entrepreneurial revolution?

Producer: John Murphy

Photo credit: Walltopia

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