EUR 648 per month is the net income a working person needs to cover the cost of living, according to the Institute for Social and Trade Union Research of the Confederation of Independent Trade Union (CITUB). In June, a family of three – two..
"Sending military aid to Ukraine requires political but also social unity. There are many extreme opinions in the public sphere on the subject. I think it is time to turn this public energy into real action!" This is what Bulgaria's Prime Minister Kirill..
According to preliminary data of the National Statistical Institute, the number of employees in Bulgaria at the end of December 2021 decreased by 0.7% compared to the end of September 2021 and reached 2.27 million. In the fourth quarter of 2021, the..
1 , 479 Leva ( EUR 756) was the monthly salary needed for the subsistence of one working individual at the end of 2021, showdata of the Confederation of Independent Trade Union’s Institute of Social and Trade Union Research. The sum..
The government has been considering a gradual increase in the minimum salary, as there will be more than one hike a year. This is what the President of CITUB Plamen Dimitrov has told BNR after an informal meeting with the Deputy Prime..
Bulgaria is beginning the year, 2022, without a budget, voted by parliament, which is unprecedented in the country’s most modern history. According to estimated data, by the end of December 2021, the budget was "in the red" by 4 billion Leva (a..
In the third quarter of 2021 the average monthly salary for Bulgaria reached 777 euros. Despite the severe situation related to the coronavirus pandemic, the average salary in the Human Health and Social Work sector fell by 5.4% in the third..
Bulgaria is among the five EU member states where workers at minimum wage are left with less than half of their income after paying their rent (the other four countries are Spain, Luxembourg, Hungary and Portugal). This was reported..
A working person in Bulgaria needs to receive a net salary of BGN 1,069 (EUR 547) to cover his/her living expenses, which include food, housing, education, healthcare, clothing, transport and communications. There are nearly 700,000 working..
In 2020, the average total annual income per household member was 3,580 euros, which is a 6. 2-percent rise compared to 2019, the National Statistical Institute has reported . T he total income per member of a..
