Plans for Sugary Drinks Tax Scrapped

Ljubljana, 10 December - Coalition leaders agreed on changes to the 2015 budget at a meeting last night, removing an excise duty on sugary drinks from the list of measures aimed at reducing the deficit, the PM's office has confirmed.

Ljubljana The government unofficially scraps plans for a tax on sugary drinks. Photo: Tamino Petelinšek/STA

Ljubljana
The government unofficially scraps plans for a tax on sugary drinks.
Photo: Tamino Petelinšek/STA

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