More than 15% of Bulgarians of retirement age are employed on the labor market, according to the statistics of the National Social Security Institute. For a year, the number of working pensioners increased by 47,000 and they are now over 340,000. The data also show that 104,000 people with disabilities receive a salary in addition to their pensions.
At the moment, the minimum pension for length of service and age is 238.77 euros a month; the social pension for old age is 126.29 euros, for disability with reduced working capacity from 71 to 90% - 164.12 euros.
With 111 votes for, 51 against and 43 abstained, the National Assembly approved the establishment of an ad-hoc committee to investigate the activities of George Soros and his son Alexander Soros and their foundations in this country financing..
Prime Minister Rosen Zhelyazkov and Deputy Prime Minister Tomislav Donchev cancelled the meeting, scheduled for today, of the National Tripartite Council on the draft budget for 2006 after, in an unprecedented move, businesses decided not to take..
The European Commission has presented a proposal for developing high-speed railway lines within the EU until 2040, linking the capitals in the EU, among them a direct link Bucharest-Sofia-Athens. According to the plan, using the trans-European..
The euro will help, but it does not on its own guarantee higher standards of living, said Kristalina Georgieva, Managing Director of the International..
The European Commission has presented a proposal for developing high-speed railway lines within the EU until 2040, linking the capitals in the EU, among..
The European Commission has decided to withhold EUR 215 million from the second payment under Bulgaria’s recovery and resilience plan, the EC told the..
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