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Pop-up stores and restaurants using converted shipping containers are a growing trend in Europe and across the world, apparently boosted by behavioural changes caused by the Covid pandemic. EURACTIV Bulgaria reports.
Many restaurants and bars in Europe have had to adapt to a new form of customer service. In Bulgaria, the company “Balkan containers” producing modular constructions, is growing exponentially. Across Europe, containers have been used to add space to hospitals. In Italy, after suffering many restrictions, restaurants are allowed to have constructions outside their buildings, and for many of their owners, shipping containers offer a lifeline. Markets such as Boxpark in London and pop-up stores scattered all over Berlin, Paris and Amsterdam have showcased the trend of innovative small businesses and shopping local.
Central Asia is an obvious winner of better EU-China ties
As China eyes the new economic goals for the next five years announced at the Annual Economic Work Conference on 18 December, Chinese and EU diplomats seem hopeful of striking a historic investment deal before the end of the year.
Improving economic relations, boosting trade and infrastructural connectivity with the EU has been among China’s priorities for almost a decade.
A significant step in this direction was made in 2013 when China launched the Road and Belt Initiative whose primary goal is to connect Asia to Europe by building infrastructure along the approximate routes of the historic Silk Road.
Central Asia is an obvious winner of better EU-China ties
DISCLAIMER: All opinions in this column reflect the views of the author(s), not of EURACTIV Media network. 29-12-2020
Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) and connected 16+1 framework (16 Central and Eastern European states and China) sparked the hope for intensifying trade and investment relations with China among the Central Europeans. [EPA/WOJCIECH PACEWICZ]