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BORDER TROUBLES * Turkey - Fights back and introduces a fee for Bulgarian trucks
As of September 1 2008 all Bulgarian trucks have to pay a transit fee of 83 euro when entering Turkey
Sofia,Bulgaria -The Sofia Echo, by Petar Kostadinov -2 Sep 2008: -- ... The fee was imposed by Turkish authorities in response to Bulgaria's decision to introduce a similar measure against Turkish cargo companies... Until July 1 2008, Turkish cargo trucks were paying only for the obligatory vignette sticker when going trough Bulgaria... When Bulgaria decided to introduce the 83 euro fee the explanation authorities used was the fact that Bulgaria has become a European Union member state and the cargo traffic between the two countries needed to be discussed again. From its side Turkey did not accept this reasoning and called the fee a breach of the agreement and threatened to introduce a fee for Bulgarian cargo...
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