According to data of the Confederation of Independent Trade Unions in Bulgaria, in the first quarter of 2019 the cost of living of a four-member Bulgarian family amounted to EUR 1,249 or EUR 312 per capita, which is EUR 16 more as compared to the same period in 2018. The salary continues to be the main source of income in the Bulgarian households- an average of EUR 580 per household. The purchasing power increased with 6.4%. The gap between lowest and highest salaries is widening and now the biggest wages are 5.9% higher than the minimum salary. As a result, social inequalities increase and the middle class has disappeared. According to the proposal of CITUB, the salaries must increase between 12% and 15% on an annual basis and that in 2020 the average salary in Bulgaria must reach EUR 971 and the minimum should reach EUR 460.
On Saturday the lowest temperatures will range from 8°C to 13°C, for Sofia 10°C. There will be fog in the valleys in the morning. It will be sunny during the day. Clouds will form over the mountains in the afternoon hours with a chance of..
"I hope that the politicians in North Macedonia have understood that the election campaign is over and if their destructive rhetoric and behaviour turns into real actions, it means pushing their country towards isolation and away from the EU, which is..
The National Assembly will hold an extraordinary sitting at 1 pm on May 21, the Parliament’s presiding body decided. MPs will hear caretaker Premier Dimitar Glavchev regarding the upcoming increase in pensions from July 1. The request for the..
Household electricity prices could go up by less than 30% as of 1 July, 2024, Energy Minister Vladimir Malinov announced at a briefing at the Ministry..
More than two years ago, Russia’s Gazprom Export suspended gas deliveries under the contract with Bulgaria’s Bulgargaz. Russia suspends natural..
On Friday minimum temperatures in the country will range from 6° to 11° C., for Sofia 8° C. In the morning there will be fog in the Western part of..
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