“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.
16 EU countries will ask to be allowed to temporarily not apply the rules on budgetary stability in order to be able to make defense spending. Bulgaria is among them, BTA reports. The European Commission presented a White Paper on the future of..
On Thursday, the minimum temperatures in Bulgaria will be from 4 to 9°C . In Sofia it will be around 7°C. During the day, sunny weather will prevail. In places, mainly in Northern Bulgaria and the mountains, there will be short-term precipitation..
GERB Leader Boyko Borissov and President Rumen Radev got into a dispute in the media over the country's new F-16 fighter jets, the first of which is already on Bulgarian soil, while the second is on its way to the country. "We paid a lot for the..
The United States is a key strategic partner and NATO ally, with whom we will continue to work together to achieve our common goals — energy security,..
In an open letter to Prime Minister Rosen Zhelyazkov and the Ministers of Agriculture, Finance and Economy, the Bulgarian Farmers' Union calls for new..
Bulgarian Minister of Energy Zhecho Stankov has held a working meeting with US Secretary of Energy Chris Wright. The two discussed strategic projects..
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