Thu, Feb 09 2012
UP IN SMOKE: Contraband cigarettes are incinerated in Montenegro in 2007. Bulgarian tobacco interests allege that reported plans to send cigarette excises soaring from 2010 will push business towards the illegal market.
Skopje’s plan to ban smoking in Macedonia’s restaurants and cafes from January 2010, with heavy fines for breaches, has ignited the now-familiar complaint from restaurateurs that their businesses will be ruined.
Hard liquor excises will be kept intact in 2010 and city councils will each decide on lifting local taxes, Bulgarian ministers told a special news conference on October 11 2009.
Reform proposal strengthens state supervision while making way for more private sector involvement
If the ministry succeeds in raising the excise duty to 76 euro in 2010 from the previously planned 64 euro, prices would increase by an average 30 per cent
On September 10 2009 the ban on smoking in bars and cafes in Croatia was partially repealed. Proprietors with establishments that have an area of less than 50 sq m will be able to choose whether to allow smoking.
The discrepancies are in the packaging, ingredients and the lack of an excise stamp, and strange scent. The fakes cause increased irritation, have low-quality tobacco and very high levels of nicotine.
Police in the south-eastern Bulgarian village of Blatets confiscated contraband cigarettes said to be worth 1.5 million leva.
Amendments to the Health Act, passed on first reading, are set to impose a full ban on smoking by 2010. The Hotel and Restaurant Association are screaming doom and gloom, but the British experience has shown otherwise.
Recent studies, including those by NASA, indicate the average global surface temperature since 1880 has gone up 0.8 degrees Celsius and is on course to continue rising by 0.1 degrees every decade.
EU negotiators are urging other parties at the COP17 climate talks in Durban to agree to a 'roadmap' that would lead to a climate treaty that would legally bind governments to cut emissions blamed for climate change.
Agriculture and rural areas in the Western Balkans: status update.
The world's deep-sea catch is steadily declining, and the high vulnerability of these fish populations and diverse marine ecosystems is well documented.
BGWEA has estimated that Bulgaria's installed renewable energy capacity will reach between 2000 MW and 3000 MW by 2020, given the current number of projects.
It's about time!
I love Bulgaria but the worst part is the constant, inconsiderate smoking by everyone, with no understanding of the harm to themselves, their children, and all those around them.
Nasty Habit!
Good news for the Guys and Dolls down in Dimitrovgrad Serbia....its only 65 dinars for the cheap brands