Almost 510,000 Bulgarians of working age pay retirement pension contributions in Germany, Spain and the UK. This figure accounts for one-sixth of all Bulgarians of working age, who are not making their pension installments in Bulgaria, and that is why the national budget regularly subsidizes the Bulgarian pensioning system. For 2019 alone this sum is 1.9 billion euro.
According to data of the Bulgarian consular services, more than 300,000 Bulgarians pay their retirement pension contributions in Germany, more than 50,000 – in Spain, and more than 300,000 – in the UK.
On Saturday, minimum temperatures in the country will be between 5 and 10°C, around 5°C in Sofia. The morning will be sunny. In the afternoon it will be cloudy in the mountains, where rain and snow will fall, and sunny in the east. Maximum temperatures..
An emergency epidemic situation will not be introduced in the country due to the spread of pertussis (whooping cough), as this is not necessary. This was announced by the chief state health inspector, Assoc. Prof. Angel Kunchev...
With the votes of GERB-SDS and PP-DB, the parliament rejected the request for a debate on the report of the temporary committee to investigate corruption practices in the "Customs" Agency and the possible role of the former finance..
The Bulgarian Parliament has finally postponed the liberalisation of the energy market for one year, starting from 1 July. The decision was taken with..
Nearly 400 cases of pertussis (whooping cough) have been registered in the country. We are at the beginning of a nationwide epidemic, Chief State Health..
The National Assembly removed its chairman Rosen Zhelyazkov from office. His dismissal was proposed by We Continue the Change - Democratic Bulgaria,..
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