“We Continue the Change is proposing a reduction of VAT on home-produced bread, fruit and vegetables,” Venko Sabrutev, deputy chair of the parliamentary budget and finance committee said for the BNR. A reduction of VAT on electricity is also being mulled. The measures are to be included in the anti-inflation package which the ruling coalition is preparing. “How big the reduction on VAT will be will become clear very soon,” Venko Sabrutev said further.
We Continue the Change has already sent an inquiry to the Finance Ministry regarding the impact of the measure on the revenue side of the budget.
Starting October 15, Bulgaria's toll system has begun weighing heavy vehicles over 3.5 tons while they are in motion. The weighing process is fully automated. "Currently, 10 out of nearly 100 planned devices have been certified. The sensors..
The number of Ukrainian citizens with temporary protection in the country who are accommodated in hotels and other facilities under the humanitarian shelter program has decreased by half. Currently, there are 2,732 people, down from 5,647 in the..
"We will no longer help ensure a quorum in Parliament", said Boyko Borissov, leader of GERB, the party holding the mandate for the government formed by the parliamentary majority. His statement, made in front of the party's parliamentary group and..
Matan Angrest, who holds Bulgarian and Israeli citizenship, was among the twenty hostages released by Hamas in the Gaza Strip , the Israeli Ministry of..
Education Minister Krasimir Valchev is set to propose a public debate on banning social media for children under 15, reports BNR correspondent Nezabravka..
An initiative committee led by the historian Georgi Markov, has proposed that a monument to Khan Asparuh, the founder of the Bulgarian state, be erected..
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