Schoolbooks, more expensive next year

AT the end of a meeting held on Wednesday, May 25, the Interministerial Commis­sion on Prices at the Department of Competition, Prices and Subsidies (of the Ministry of Finance), granted schoolbook publishers an initial in­crease of 25% from the next school year. This decision comes in res­ponse to recurring complaints from publishers dating back more than six months due to the soaring price of paper on the international scene...