The caretaker government cannot have its own policy on incomes, including their increase, and is obliged to follow the established policy, said Caretaker Prime Minister Galab Donev from the parliamentary rostrum in response to a question from BSP..
A major strike organized by trade unions blocked the whole of Belgium a day ago and the situation in neighboring Greece is similar. Thousands of people protested there demanding wage rise. In Greece, the minimum monthly salary is 713 euros, but inflation..
The household prices of heating, electricity, water and gas in Bulgaria have gone up by an average of 40%, but the rise is steepest with the prices of staple foods like sugar, meat, milk, bakery products at around 10% during the last quarter of the year..
"There is social tension in all sectors. People are getting poorer every day and if this process is not curbed, social tension will turn into a bomb," Todor Kapitanov, vice president of the largest national trade union - CITUB, has..
"The resignation of the cabinet is the best amendment of the state budget" , the leader of GERB party Boyko Borissov said in the town of Veliko Tarnovo. Borissov and MPs from the Parliamentary group of GERB met with party members and supporters from..
The total average income per household member during the first quarter of 2022 stood at 2005.54 Leva /EUR 1,025.14/, up by 9.6% compared to the same quarter of 2021, Ministry of Labour and Social Policy data indicate. In the total incomes..
Bulgaria has the sixth highest inflation in the EU . I n April, inflation reached 14.4 % year on year , whereas the EU average was 8.1%, reads an analysis by the Confederation of Independent Trade Unions in Bulgaria (CITUB) regarding the..
Incomes should increase with at least 12%-15% on an annual basis, so they can reach decent levels. In five years, the average monthly salary should reach EUR 1,685 and the minimum salary shold amount to EUR 870, the President of the Confederation of..
The Stand Up Bulgaria party was officially established today. Former Ombudsman Maya Manolova was elected as its leader. The newly-founded party is to start touring the country under the motto “A new social contract- you deserve more for your work”...
The public in Bulgaria gives the four-party coalition government 3.57 out of a maximum of 6 points after its first 100 days in power, indicates an Alpha Research survey commissioned by public service TV BNT. 53% of the respondents say they do..
