Off the wire
• China's cross-border capital flow stable: SAFE  • Kenya launches plan to boost access to clean energy  • 10 Al-Shabaab militants killed in southwest Somalia  • ADB announces 20 million USD grant for solar power projects in Nepal  • U.S. stocks open lower after ECB decision  • China to cultivate more skilled workers  • Kenya's Cheruiyot retires from track to take up road running  • U.S. initial jobless claims fall to 258,000  • Nepal screening over 80 films at Kathmandu Intl Mountain Film Festival  • Backgrounder: OSCE -- world's largest regional security organization  
You are here: 　 Home

Road tax revenue in Bulgaria surges in 2016: minister

Xinhua, December 9, 2016 Adjust font size:

Bulgaria's revenue from road tax, collected through the sale of vignette stickers, has surged since the beginning of 2016, an official said Thursday.

Revenues from vignettes for the first 11 months of 2016 reached 317.5 million BGN (174 million U.S. dollars), compared to 225.5 million BGN in the same period last year, said Bulgarian Minister of Regional Development and Public Works Lilyana Pavlova.

The money came from the sale of 6.4 million vignettes, the purchase of which is compulsory when driving out of urban areas, Pavlova told reporters.

In compliance with the requirement of the law, the revenues from vignettes went directly to road maintenance, and the surplus contributed to the renovation of over 500 km of roads in Bulgaria above those planned for this year, Pavlova said. Enditem