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Tax Increases In Alcohol and Tobacco Planned - No Problem To Resourceful Bulgarians
Rules on tax increases may be made on paper but at ground level Bulgarians invariable will get around the increase by using loop-holes and ways and means to avoid it. Growing their own tobacco and making illegal rakia in their own out houses at 2 oâ€...
Bulgarian\'s Pay Dearly And Unfairly For Smoking
When I read this I wasn’t in the least surprised with the plan. Forget about the next 9 years, the previous five years have seen a regular rise in the price of tobacco products already, so the established trend is just set to continue. Who suffers?...
Pig Flu Arrvives Big Time In Bulgaria
Living in Yambol, this is one of the areas that is of great risk. Mexico has a lot to answer for with this pigging flu. Not a lot we can do about it her, you just can’t hide in cupboards, this is very much a socially oriented community who mix dail...
Prostitution In Bulgaria - Free Medical Service Brought In
Why the hell doesn’t money like this go toward something more worthy? To me this just is a go sign for more prostitution. There are people in Bulgaria who are some of the poorest in Europe, prostitutes make money and their illegal earnings should p...
Higher Cigarettes Prices In Bulgaria - Contingency Plans From Smokers
All the talk at work today was about the price of cigarettes that will effectively double next year. Will this mean that many will give up? No, they will just get contraband cigarettes from other Balkan and non-EU countries. This is what will happen ...
Health Insurance Not Being Paid By Bulgarians
I find this threat quite bizarre that you can’t buy property without proof of health insurance. Health insurance will of course become automatic when wages are paid into bank accounts after deductions are made. This will take quite a time as most w...
Bulgarian Nurses Flee Bulgaria For More Pay
Having two doctors and one nurse in the family here, the doctor both work in Bulgaria, but have outside work to supplement their income. The nurse has been working abroad over the last four years as the pay ti too low in Bulgaria. She can afford to h...
Healthier Diets In Bulgarian Schools - Not Before Time
I have written many time about the obesity factor in Bulgaria and this is all down to western fast food just swamping diet here. Most young Bulgarians are fed on fast food not only in school but at home. Time to cook homemade meals just doesn’t hap...
Why Is Bulgaria Selling A Proifit Making Industry?
I’m not quite sure why this major cigarette industry is being sold. If it makes a profit and is a viable business why sell? I know tobacco is a sensitive subject and usually put on a political tight rope, but cigarettes are a major source of income...
Bulgarian Social Security Budget On Schedule - No Way!
All over the world the difference in funds set aside for benefits are in great deficit naturally with the growth rate of the population. Even with this in mind Bulgaria’s population has been in decline over the last few decades and what this report...
More Drug Finds In Bulgarian Ports Means More Going Through
It seems that the new Bulgarian resolution to tighten up on drug trafficking is now coming into play with this new capture. Or is it a front and a gesture to cover the real trafficking that is being let through. I always remember customs saying there...
