"From the beginning of 2025 until now, expenditures on personnel, social and health insurance payments, including pensions, have increased by 18.2% compared to 2024", announced Minister of Finance Temenuzhka Petkova during today’s regular government meeting, reported BGNES.
To date, social and health insurance payments have seen a 12% rise, reaching 4 billion BGN — an increase of 161 million BGN compared to 2024. Pension expenditures have increased by 11.2%.
The data presented by Minister Petkova also indicates that capital expenditures have grown by approximately 2 billion BGN. According to Bulgaria’s Minister of Finance, any rumours that Bulgarians are becoming poorer or that incomes are declining are untrue.
Edited by Elena KarkalanovaPublished and translated by Kostadin Atanasov
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