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<title>EU hosting and GDPR: the five questions a website owner should ask</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 18 Sep 2026 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<description>Where the servers are, whether there is a data processing agreement (Art. 28 GDPR), which cookies exist, who has access and what happens on termination. Our answers for every site we build.</description>
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<title>Why we build static websites, not WordPress</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 18 Sep 2026 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<description>A static website is ready HTML files behind Nginx: no database, no plugins to update, no login to break into. Faster, cheaper to host and yours. When you still need a CMS.</description>
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<title>Lighthouse 95+: what it means and how we get there on every site</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 18 Sep 2026 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<description>Lighthouse scores speed from 0 to 100 using LCP, TBT, CLS and FCP. We explain Google's thresholds (LCP 2.5 s, CLS 0.1, INP 200 ms) and the five things we do to get a site to 95+.</description>
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<title>Reverse charge: when an EU company pays no Bulgarian VAT for a website</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 18 Sep 2026 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<description>An EU company with a valid VAT number gets an invoice without Bulgarian VAT (reverse charge under Art. 196 of Directive 2006/112/EC). Private individuals pay 20%. Not tax advice.</description>
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<title>How much does a website cost in 2026? Real prices for Bulgaria and Italy</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 18 Sep 2026 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<description>Landing page from €658, business website from €1,575, online shop from €1,825 excl. VAT — and what actually goes into the price. Compared with market ranges in Bulgaria, Italy and the EU.</description>
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