New Ambulance Donated to Sofia Emergency Center
The Sofia Emergency Care Center has received a fully equipped ambulance as a donation
Bulgarian lawmakers have approved on a first reading legal changes that allow to boost donation of foods.
MPs have decided VAT will not be levied on food products donated 30 or less days before their expiry date.
The amendment, if approved further, will only be in force when the value of foods given out does not exceed 0.5% of the respective legal person's turnover.
Junior coalition partner Reformist Bloc (RB), which initiated the changes, maintains they will provide incentives for retail chains to donate products instead of throwing them away.
Some 670 000 tons of food are destroyed on a yearly basis in Bulgaria, a country where 1.54 million (out of a 7.1 million population) people live below the poverty line, Petar Slavov, of the RB, has said.
Bulgaria's Ombudsman Maya Manolova and other officials have been calling for months to change the current system which makes it complicated to give out food and discourage retailers to take the step.
MPs from the senior coalition partner GERB, however, have warned the fresh legislation will need some clarifications before another reading to avoid loopholes that will give edge to some businesses and help them evade taxes rather than donate.
Brussels has unofficially warned Bulgaria’s Finance Minister Temenuzhka Petkova that the country’s euro adoption process could be suspended, according to BGNES, citing Nova TV.
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Bulgaria’s toll system now has the technical capability to track average vehicle speeds, as announced by the National Toll Management following a meeting with Regional Development Minister Violeta Koritarova.
The income required to cover living expenses for a working individual and a three-member family with a child under 14 has remained almost unchanged compared to June, according to an analysis by the Confederation of Independent Trade Unions in Bulgaria (CI
The Council of Ministers has adopted a resolution to set the minimum wage at 1,077 leva, reflecting a 15.
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