The average monthly insurable earnings in this country for November 2021 stand at 1,191.79 Leva /609 euro/, National Statistical Institute data show, the average monthly insurable earnings a year earlier, in November..
The additional payments for pensioners due to the pandemic have been provided for 2022 . There will be no pensioner who has received one amount so far, and will receive less after the New Year, Social Affairs Minister Georgi Gyokov told Nova TV...
“No pensioners in Bulgaria will be living under the poverty line. We are to work on a new model to recalculate pensions”, MP Kornelia Ninova who was nominated for Deputy Premier and Minister of Economy, said from the Parliament’s rostrum. In her..
In 2022 pensions will be raised by an average of 43 euros per retiree, according to the NSI calculations based on new rules adopted by the parliament. On an annual basis, the rise is about 7-8%. According to the forecasts, next year the average..
Today, Bulgaria’s National Assembly is to vote at first reading amendments to the 2021 state budget, the National Health Insurance Fund and the State Social Security. Pensions are expected to increase by an average of 12.5% as of October 1, as..
Pensions will be raised by an average of 12 . 5% as of 1 October, Minister of Labour and Social Policy Galab Donev announced. Furthermore 431,000 people over the age of 65 with pensions below the poverty line (369 Leva a month) will..
The caretaker Minister of Finance Asen Vassilev told Nova TV that with "There is Such a People" there are fundamental differences in economic policy. He refused the winning party to join its cabinet. "If we find an understanding that our economic..
Bulgaria was about to have the most reform-minded cabinet, said Nikolay Vassilev at a press conference of "There is Such a People" party. Initially, Nikolay Vassilev was nominated for the position of Prime Minister of Bulgaria, but later ITN withdrew..
Almost one-third of the people who work in Bulgaria pay minimum wage social security contributions, or below, according to the National Social Security Institute. That is the reason why pensions in the country are low, they say. In April the..
The National Social Security Institute has decided to raise the pensions granted after 31 December last year by 5%, as of 1 July, 2021. The social old-age pension will also be increased by 5% to 148 Leva (76 euro) per month. The..
