(ANSA-AFP) - SOFIA, DEC 18 - Bulgaria scrapped on Monday a
tax on the transit of Russian gas through its territory after
Hungary threatened to veto the country's long-time bid to join
the Schengen free-travel zone. In a hasty vote, lawmakers
unanimously backed a proposal to abandon the exceptional tax of
20 leva (10 euros) per megawatt hour (MWh) for Russian gas
coming from the TurkStream gas pipeline that it channelled to
Hungary and Serbia.
Bulgaria scraps gas transit tax
To secure Schengen bid