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No increase in social security contributions is planned

Dimitar Glavchev
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Caretaker Prime Minister Dimitar Glavchev said that no increase in social security contributions is being planned. Glavchev attended the presentation of a new, state-of-the-art artificial intelligence, operating in Bulgarian and created by the Institute for Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence and Technology. 

Glavchev pointed out that the final decision on social security contributions is up to the MPs. Regarding the pension system, former Social Minister Hristina Hristova told the Bulgarian National Radio that in the past 4 years, not one of all the changes to the pension system was based on the basic social security principle for the contribution of a person.



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