Thu, Feb 09 2012
The price for issuing a visa to foreigners would be set at 60 euro, the Council of Ministers decided on December 27.
Applications and processing of a long-term residency permit with a validity of up to six months would cost 100 euro, while a residency permit for up to one year would cost 200 euro.
Taxes would not be levied for locals and foreigners where applicable under Bulgarian law or international agreements where Bulgaria was a party to the agreement, as well as at the proposal of management of diplomatic and consular representation abroad, in agreement with the Interior Ministry, a government media statement said.
Taxes were to be paid either at Interior Ministry in Bulgaria or at Bulgarian diplomatic and consular representation abroad. In Bulgaria, taxes would be payable in leva, while abroad they would have to be paid in euro and where possible, American Dollars or local currency would also be accepted.
The taxes have been updated to reflect the administrative and other costs of the services, the media statement said.
Greek president Karolos Papoulias and prime minister Kostas Karamanlis have expressed a desire to visit the White house. Then documents will be signed, making the new travelling arrangements between the two countries official.
The discovery was made after some of the land in a complex near Bourgas was washed away by rough seas.
No trains could cross the Danube Bridge and passengers from international trains were being taken to the city of Rousse by road transport.
Hazardous weather warnings across the country on February 9, new record-low temperatures, and three people reported frozen to death in Pernik.
Opposition parties and environmental protection NGOs argued that this and other provisions were the result of lobbyist pressure from ski resort operators.
Ferry-boat service between the Bulgarian and Romanian banks of the river may continue if the ferry captains decide that the weather conditions allow the safe passage of the boats.