The value added tax for restaurants and entertainment establishments in the tourism sector will be reduced to 9% from this summer to the end of 2021. The agreement was reached between Bulgaria’s Premier Boyko Borissov, the Association of Restaurants in Bulgaria and the Bulgarian Hotel and Restaurant Association, this country’s government has announced.
"We are taking a political risk with this decision. However, the decision is in support of the sector which incurred losses due to the Covid-19 crisis and has been agreed with the Ministry of Finance", Premier Borissov underlined. In return, gray economy in this sector should be reduced to zero, Premier Borissov has demanded. The amendments to H-18 regulation, which governs fiscal reporting via cash registers, were delayed for next year. Elaboration of anti-crisis credit plan and grants from the Bulgarian Development Bank were also negotiated during the meeting.
On Thursday, minimum temperatures will range between 6 and 11°C across the country. Along the Black Sea coast, they will reach 13 to 16°C , while in Sofia they will drop to around 7°C. In the morning, visibility will be reduced in some low-lying areas..
The President of the “Renew Europe” group in the European Parliament, Valérie Hayer, called on the European Commission to urgently send a mission to Bulgaria to assess the rule of law situation and to freeze all payments under the Recovery and..
“At coalition level, we have decided to meet the demands of young doctors regarding salary levels,” said Kostadin Angelov, chair of the parliamentary health committee, at a meeting of the panel, as reported by BNR's Mila Mladenova. Young doctors..
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