October 2018

Bulgarian Finance Minister: From July 2019, Cap on all Pensions will Increase to BGN 1,200

As of July 1, 2019, the upper limit on all pensions, regardless of when they were granted, will be increased to BGN 1,200, but the cap will not be removed, Finance Minister Vladislav Goranov said after a meeting with trade unions, Focus News Agency reports. "The changes in the pension formula and all its imperfections do not give us a reason to decide in favour of eliminating the ceiling. There are distortions accumulated over the years in the pension formula,...

September 2018

Pensions in Bulgaria will Rise by 5.7% from 1 July Next Year

Current estimates show that the upgrading of pensions from July 1 next year will be higher than in recent years. All pensions are expected to be raised by 5.7%, Labor and Social Policy Minister Biser Petkov told bTV on Tuesday. He explained that this was a direct consequence of the increase in income. According to Petkov there is no discussion of new growth of the minimum pension and promotion other than the annual indexation of pensions. Every year, from July 1,...