{"id":33054,"date":"2022-03-17T14:34:40","date_gmt":"2022-03-17T13:34:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/?p=33054"},"modified":"2022-03-17T16:35:40","modified_gmt":"2022-03-17T15:35:40","slug":"north-macedonia-axes-tax-on-essential-food-products","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/north-macedonia-axes-tax-on-essential-food-products\/","title":{"rendered":"North Macedonia axes tax on essential food products"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The war in Ukraine has led to an increase in almost all basic food products in North Macedonia, about 20% more expensive to be more precise.<\/p>\n<p>Consequently, the government has decided to abolish VAT on food products sold in grocery stores, among others bread, flour, milk, eggs.<\/p>\n<p>It was economy minister Kreshnik Bekteshi who announced the latest government decision on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: none; overflow: hidden;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/post.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2FMinisterKreshnikBekteshi%2Fposts%2F513672090124932&amp;show_text=true&amp;width=500\" width=\"500\" height=\"233\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>North Macedonia has temporarily suspended the export of specific foods, in a tit-for-tat move to what other countries in the region have done.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>YOU MIGHT ALSO LIKE<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/north-macedonia\/2021\/12\/10\/government-decision-to-freeze-prices-hardly-implemented-citizens-complain\/\"><strong>Government decision to freeze prices hardly implemented, citizens complain<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/north-macedonia\/2021\/12\/04\/n-macedonia-to-maintain-price-freeze-on-basic-goods-until-january-31\/\">N. 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