The Albanian Parliament approved the Normative Act the state budget as a result of the situation created by the COVID pandemic, where the expectations for revenues were drastically reduced and the budget deficit was doubled.
The abolition of the profit tax and the increase of the VAT threshold were approved with 87 votes. The Assembly approved with 86 votes the 3rd budget amendment of the 2020 budget. The Normative Act for closing the discs during the pandemic was also approved.
Introducing the changes in the Normative Act, the Minister of Health and Social Protection, Ogerta Manastirliu, stated that the nightclubs became foci of the spread of the infection and that every measure that would be considered necessary to maintain the health of citizens./abcnews.al
