Bulgaria places second in the EU, together with Latvia, in terms of lowest tax revenue/gross domestic product ratio. In those two countries the tax revenue/GDP ratio amounts to 27.9%. Only in Lithuania the tax revenue/GDP ratio is lower-27.2%, data of the European Parliament about the EU states’ tax systems show. On the other hand, in The Netherlands, Belgium, Sweden, and Finland the GDP/tax revenue ratio is highest. Data of the EP also shows that the highest amount of revenues in Bulgaria’s treasury is collected from taxes levied on consumption. The value added tax in Bulgaria (20%) is among the lowest in the whole EU and only Germany, Cyprus, Malta and Luxembourg have lower VAT. On the other hand, Hungary has the highest VAT-27%, followed by Denmark, Croatia and Sweden with 25%. VAT in Romania and Finland amounts to 24%. In Romania, however, VAT on food was reduced to 9%.
GERB leader Boyko Borisov must answer clearly whether he will remove Delyan Peevski from his entourage and return to the European development of Bulgaria, or work with Delyan Peevski and move Bulgaria towards a dictatorship, as Peevski is currently..
An attack on elections is also an attack on national security. With these words, Vice President Iliana Iotova commented on the questions asked by President Rumen Radev about the fairness of the previous parliamentary elections . "From the very beginning..
Instead of calming society, the announcement of the election results generated tensions and raised questions about how fair the elections have been, says President Rumen Radev in a position on the early election for parliament, the presidential..
“We are going to take part in talks with GERB, but if they intend to get Delyan Peevski in through the front door we’re out,” said MEP Ilhan Kyuchuk..
At a briefing , We Continue the Change/Democratic Bulgaria (PP/DB), which will likely be the second political force in parliament, urged all..
There will be scattered clouds on Wednesday. The cloudiness will be more significant in the central regions of Bulgaria and in some..
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