Employers are contesting the rise of the minimum wage. The Bulgarian Industrial Capital Association announced that they filed a complaint in the Supreme Administrative Court. About 430,000 people in the country work for minimum wage. The executive director of the association, Dobrin Ivanov, told BNR that there are two types of reasons for the complaint. The procedural ones are that the government incorrectly calculated the increase from EUR 470 to EUR 543, without the hike being in accordance with international acts that Bulgaria has ratified. The association also claims that 2025 “will be special in terms of the labor market and incomes. The reasons for this are the state of the economy of Bulgaria, the EU and the world," Ivanov says.
“The main priorities businesses have – membership of the Eurozone and accession to the Schengen area by land – have receded to the background. They are the motors which can boost the economy, but the fact there is no regular government is an obstacle..
Bulgargaz has reported record interest in its tender for the supply of LNG to the Alexandroupolis terminal for January and February 2025. All nineteen bidders met the criteria set by the company and have been approved to participate in the next..
The Russian state oil company Lukoil has plans to sell its Bulgarian refinery Neftochim based in Burgas on the Black Sea Coast. It is the largest in the Balkans, writes the Financial Times . The deal is expected to be announced by the end of..
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