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The State Duma Is Proposing a Bill that Would Allow People to Safely Make, Give Away, and Sell Small Quantities of Brandy and Wine

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"Democratic Bulgaria" is developing a bill with which producers of small quantities of homemade alcohol will be able to safely comply with the law, without hiding and without anyone harassing them with checks for homemade brandy given by someone else, as proposed by the government. "We propose a bill developed with experts and various interested parties, with which people will be able to safely make, give away and sell small quantities of brandy…

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For two bottles of brandy - 1000 euro fine. For 5 kg. cocaine - pardon. This says everything about Radev's party and their presidential candidate Yotova. This comment was published on her Facebook page by the leader of "Nepokorna Bulgaria" Kornelia Ninova. The reason for her words was the information that the Ministry of Finance is preparing changes to the Law on Excise Duties and Tax Warehouses, which will drastically tighten control over domes…

The Finance Ministry's proposal for fines of 1,000 euros caused political tension and a wave of discontent, alarming producers and enthusiasts. After the discussions that arose around the Finance Ministry's proposal, the Deputy Prime Minister himself explained that homemade rakia is not being affected and a bottle received as a gift from your neighbor will not incur a sanction.

I have fun all day with memes in which they depict me as a control body that peers through windows and checks whether people are drinking homemade rakia.” This is how Finance Minister Galab Donev commented on the heated reactions surrounding the proposed changes to the Excise and Tax Warehouses Act. He categorically stated that he would not be a control body for people who produce rakia for personal consumption. According to him, the changes are…

"It is a violation of the law if you are given homemade rakia, but no one will come to your house to check whether your neighbor gave you a bottle of rakia that he produced and whose qualities he is proud of." This is what Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance Galab Donev commented on the proposed changes to the Excise and Tax Warehouses Act, according to which there will be fines for a person who stores homemade rakia that was given to …

A ban on keeping at home bottles of foreign brandy brewed in a cauldron. This is provided for by changes to the Excise Tax Act, published for public discussion, opposition MPs said. The leader of “We Continue the Change” Assen Vassilev...

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Proposed changes to the Excise Law by the Ministry of Finance have caused an expected sharp reaction from opposition representatives due to new restrictions on the storage of home-made rakia. According to the draft published for public discussion, it is planned to restrict the keeping at home of rakia produced by another person in a specialized small distillation facility. Violations are […]

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СЕГА broke the news on Monday, September 28, 2026.
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