Unemployment in Bulgaria is below the EU average, income is the lowest

The unemployment rate in Bulgaria is below the EU average. In terms of income, Bulgaria has the lowest one per capita in the EU, the Social Minister Biser Petkov said on 11^th of June.

“This is the challenge - to work to raise the income and to achieve it is through employment. Pensions are a non-employment contract, but with low incomes we cannot expect high pensions. From July 1, all pensions will be recalculated, which will result in growth of 3.8%. Very important is the one month remaining from Bulgaria’s presidency of the Council of the EU.”

I believe that a real change is happening. The dossiers on which we work are to be adopted by the European Parliament. We find that Bulgaria has introduced standards in the field of labour relations, which are now being adopted in the EU, he added.