The National Assembly adopted at second reading amendments to the Labour Code. The MPs decided that the minimum wage should be 50% of the average salary in the country. According to the amendments, the amount of the minimum salary for the next calendar year will be set by September 1 of the current year and will amount to 50% of the average gross wage for a period of 12 months, which includes the last two quarters of 2022 and the first two trimesters of 2023.
Until now, the minimum wage for the country was set by the Council of Ministers.
In connection with the state of emergency in Israel and the instructions of the Civil Defense, on Thursday, June 19 and Friday, June 20, the Consular Service at the diplomatic mission in Tel Aviv will only process urgent inquiries, mainly related to..
Bulgaria's diplomatic mission in Tehran has been evacuated. The embassy will be temporarily relocated to Baku , the capital of Azerbaijan. Prime Minister Rosen Zhelyazkov announced this to journalists in Sofia. Seventeen Bulgarians, 12 of whom..
According to Eurostat data , in 2024 Bulgaria and Estonia ranked second to last in the EU in terms of actual individual consumption (AIC) per capita . This important indicator of household material well-being is lowest in Hungary, at 72% of the..
Bulgarian Shopska Salad has earned a place among the 24 best salads in the world according to a new ranking published by CNN, BGNES reports. The fresh and..
On Friday, the minimum temperatures will be from 15 to 21°C, in Sofia - around 17°C. It will be sunny before noon. Cumulus and cumulus-rainy cloudiness..
Eurogroup president Paschal Donohoe expects a consensus at today's meeting in Luxembourg on Bulgaria's entry into the Eurozone, BNR correspondent in..
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