In 2025, th e minimum monthly salary should go up to BGN 1,080 BGN (EUR 542), said Lyuboslav Kostov, Chief Economist at the Confederation of Independent Trade Unions in Bulgaria (CITUB). He participated in a conference entitled "The EU Minimum..
Caretaker Minister of Education Galin Tsokov has assured that the nearly 20 million euros earmarked in the budget for higher education will be transferred to the universities tomorrow, CITUB President Plamen Dimitrov told BNR. In..
The Confederation of Independent Trade Unions in Bulgaria (CITUB) is today organising a mass protest demonstration in Sofia on Monday 18 December under the slogan "For higher wages in the 2024 budget and for a clear and secure energy future for..
The National Council for Tripartite Cooperation meets today to discuss the state budget, the budget of the National Health Insurance Fund and the budget of the State Social Security for 2024. The meeting will be chaired by Deputy Prime..
Trade unions are discussing larger-scale actions if the government does not withdraw the already submitted with the European Commission plans for the regional development of coal mining areas, and if the parliament's decision to renegotiate the Recovery..
Miners and energy workers will come out for a national protest today for the preservation of coal mining and against the premature closure of capacities in the coal mining sector. The protest is organized by the two largest trade unions in Bulgaria -..
Against the backdrop of the July heat, the heated arguments about the 2023 budget continue. By July 25, when the National Assembly must finally vote on the state's financial framework, a decision must be reached on the increase of income in the budget..
For a second day, protesters from the Confederation of Independent Trade Unions (CITUB) in Bulgaria temporarily blocked traffic in the region of parliament building in Sofia. They are protesting against the way the police wanted to remove the..
The government approved the draft of the state budget for 2023 which has to be endorsed by the National Assembly by the end of July. However, its basic parameters dashed the hopes of any pay raises, particularly in key sectors that are underfinanced...
In budget 2023, additional funds should be provided for salaries in the public sector, in order to compensate for inflation in the past two years plus a 10 percent rise for the current year, the Confederation of Independent Trade..
