Podcast in English
Text size
Bulgarian National Radio © 2025 All Rights Reserved

TUs demand 17% increase in monthly salary

Photo: archive

A minimum monthly salary of 388 euro as of 1 January, 2022. This is what the biggest trade union in the country, the Confederation of Independent Trade Unions in Bulgaria (CITUB) is demanding.

The increase from the current minimum monthly salary of 322 euro is 17%. This is the only way that the growing inflation, and the upcoming rise in electricity prices can be addressed. According to the CITUB the rise of the minimum salary will push the average salary up by 12%, Violeta Ivanova, deputy director of the CITUB Institute for Social and TU Research said for bTV. The trade union is expecting basic prices to go up by 5% by the end of 2021, which is way over the projected 3.5%.

According to CITUB estimates, by 2024, when Bulgaria is expected to join the Eurozone, the minimum monthly salary in the country should reach 500 euro.  



Последвайте ни и в Google News Showcase, за да научите най-важното от деня!
Listen to the daily news from Bulgaria presented in "Bulgaria Today" podcast, available in Spotify.

More from category

Photo: Dilmana folk dance group - Copenhagen, Denmark

Copenhagen-based Bulgarian dance group “Dilmana” celebrates 15th birthday

The Bulgarian dance group “Dilmana” based in Copenhagen will celebrate 15 years since its establishment with a celebration on October 18, the formation informed on its Facebook page. Dance group Dilmanа from Copenhagen to perform at the folklore..

published on 10/12/25 12:05 PM

Karlovo will host photo exhibition “Bosilegrad Before and Now – 2”

A photo exhibition called “Bosilegrad Before and Now – 2” will open on October 13 at the Municipal Art Gallery in the town of Karlovo. The photo exhibition contains 40 panels with motifs and landscapes from Bosilegrad, Serbia, and several Bosilegrad..

published on 10/12/25 7:35 AM

Blackthorn festival will take place in the village of Salash near Belogradchik

The second edition of the unique Blackthorn Festival will be held today in the village of Salash near Belogradchik, northeastern Bulgaria. The event will begin on the square, where locals will offer sweets and jam from tart blackthorns collected in..

published on 10/11/25 6:10 AM