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Post by depletedreasons on Mar 21, 2008 7:57:22 GMT -5
Bulgaria closes duty-free shopsFriday, March 21, 2008 Bulgaria's parliament has voted to close duty-free shops and gas stations along the country's borders with several non-EU countries. Thursday's decision affects establishments on the borders with Macedonia, Serbia and Turkey. The European Union says such places are "a focal point" for corruption and organized crime. Bulgaria had closed such duty-free shops and gas stations on its borders with Romania and Greece when it joined the bloc in 2007. SOFIA – The Associated Press www.turkishdailynews.com.tr/article.php?enewsid=99627
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Post by pagane on Mar 21, 2008 8:07:23 GMT -5
Too bad. No more cheap cigarettes.
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Post by Rhezus on Mar 22, 2008 17:19:23 GMT -5
Haha.. what about the whole cleptocrat system, the places within Bulgaria?
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Post by pagane on Mar 22, 2008 17:31:20 GMT -5
Rhezus, are you happy when you read bad stuff about Bulgaria?
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Post by radovic on Mar 22, 2008 22:38:42 GMT -5
^ What's the point when chances are that such duty-free shops exist across the borders. In Serbia all this will do will help Milosevic associates earn more money since they own the vast majority of duty-free shops on the Serbian side of borders.
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Post by Rhezus on Mar 25, 2008 7:44:16 GMT -5
No, I'm just ashamed. It's so embarrassing.. I don't hear or see things which could make me feel proud. Or may be... we can blame it on the news?
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Post by pagane on Mar 25, 2008 7:56:13 GMT -5
Actually you should be proud of this news. It is a sort of fight against corruption.
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Post by Rhezus on Mar 25, 2008 8:13:16 GMT -5
What about fighting it on higher levels - not at petrol stations or tax-free shops? People want cheaper stuffs there? Is that really a fight against corruption?!
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Post by pagane on Mar 25, 2008 12:57:04 GMT -5
Obviously it is very hard for someone or something to satisfy you. Btw, do you have any idea what big money are involved in those free shops?
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Post by Rhezus on Mar 25, 2008 14:42:31 GMT -5
Obviously it is very hard for someone or something to satisfy you. Btw, do you have any idea what big money are involved in those free shops? To satisfy me?!.. In the eyes of foreign ppl, BG has long way to go to achieve some kind of normal status. Every good business acumulates "big money". Tax-free is good for tourists..but no doubt, it should be handled the right way (not the Balkan way). I've never heard such a thing happening somwhere else, in central or west Europe. In reallity, is Bulgaria an EU country?! The impression of most ppl abroad is: cleptocracy rules.. I'm really ashamed and I'd like BG's corruption issue to gain much more publicity! That's the way to do smthing about it.
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Post by pagane on Mar 26, 2008 1:04:23 GMT -5
You have the right to be ashamed and blush every couple of hours.
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Post by Rhezus on Mar 26, 2008 6:28:48 GMT -5
And you have that right too! Yea, Bulgaria is poor, with very corrupt ppl and everybody knows that. Shame, shame Bulgaria...
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Post by pagane on Mar 26, 2008 10:13:15 GMT -5
Well, I am not corrupt. Are you?
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Post by Rhezus on Mar 26, 2008 10:53:37 GMT -5
Then you don't probaly live there?!... I'm not corrupt and I live abroad! ;D
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Post by pagane on Mar 26, 2008 20:23:10 GMT -5
I am not corrupt and I live in Bulgaria. May I politely invite yoiu to shut up? Speak about spheres of life you are familiar with, like life in the country you live in. Forget about Bulgaria. Even that annoying Turk Yahac knows more than you.
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Post by radovic on Mar 26, 2008 21:24:41 GMT -5
Rhezus constant, often absurd, criticism Bulgaria remind me of Serbia's politician Cedmoir Jovanovic. The only difference is I can not say if Rhezus is a drug addict.
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Post by depletedreasons on Mar 27, 2008 1:47:04 GMT -5
Sometimes I tell my friends about my plan of a car trip to Bulgaria, and various friends of mine (including Turkish emigrants from Bulgaria) who have been to Bulgaria or still go back to Bulgaria for some vacations, discourage me by claiming that it is not a good idea. When I say why? They all tell have the same answer: Corruption. Respectfully, they all say that if I really want to go there, then I should do it via a decent travel agency. Some may not like, but I think, Rhezus tells nothing, but the truth.
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Post by pagane on Mar 27, 2008 3:12:50 GMT -5
I would advice you to come and see with your own eyes and then draw conclusions.
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Post by Rhezus on Mar 27, 2008 7:00:10 GMT -5
Haha.. I've been living in Bulgaria for more than 20 years. I visit this country very often and can assure you, I'm very familiar with all what happens there. Further more, my sis, parents, friends and colegues are giving me all feedback I need too. You are just one of those, who can't handle the truth.. finding excuses, blaming others (countries), etc. etc. And the typical is: you don't admit facts, you deny them. Here's the latest example.. telling me I am not familiar with things in BG. Do we know each other.. maybe?! P.S: Radovic, you probably see quite many similarities with Bulgaria?! Because the Srbia elevator does not go all the way up.. Srbia is the last country in Europe a tourist would preffer to go to.
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Post by pagane on Mar 27, 2008 7:21:07 GMT -5
You are not familiar. Many problems but the situation is not as bad as you try to present it. And we don't know each other.
This is a very strange way to spell Serbia. The truth is, the country is worth visiting.
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