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Transformative Measures: Bulgaria's Wage Increase and Pension Surge Announced
In a recent update on the Labour and Social Policy Ministry's achievements from June to December 2023, Minister Ivanka Shalapatova revealed plans for a significant increase in the minimum monthly wage, set to rise to BGN 933, marking nearly a 20% increment from its current level. This move is anticipated to positively impact over 500,000 workers across the country.
Bulgaria’s Ivailo Kalfin Becomes Director of Eurofound
Ivailo Kalfin has been elected Executive Director of the European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions (Eurofound), the Bulgarian Labour and Social Policy Ministry said in a press release on Friday.
Family and Social Policy Ministry takes action to protect pediatric development of child TV stars
The Family and Social Policy Ministry took action for the protection of the pediatric development of child TV actors.
The ministry's action came after a five-and-a-half year old child, Efecan Koçyiğit, who is on the edge of obesity, became famous after a TV show aired on a private channel.
Macedonia Govt: Opposition 'Inciting Panic' About Migrants
Macedonia's Social Policy Ministry has denounced as lies claims by the opposition right-wing VMRO DPNNE party that the country is considering building permanent housing and issuing citizenship to migrants from the war-torn Middle-Eastern countries who are traversing its territory.
Migrants to receive EU funds via Turkey's Red Crescent
The European Union is due to announce the "Kızılay Card" project, implemented in part by the Turkish Red Crescent, which will enable monthly cash transfers to debit cards for 1 million Syrian refugees in Turkey by the first quarter of 2017.
Croatia's 2015 Budget Cuts 390 Million Euro
Croatia's centre-left government has presented a rebalanced state budget for 2015, cutting the deficit by some 390 million euro from about 2 billion euro to 1.57 billion euro, or 3.9 per cent of GDP.
Finance Minister Boris Lalovac held talks with all ministers to see where cuts in spending were possible.
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Family Ministry takes action against TV show for hosting wife-killer
A Family and Social Policy Ministry official has complained to Turkeyâs media watchdog about a TV show that hosted a man who was previously found guilty of killing his two wives.
The ministry said via its official Twitter account that it had filed a complaint about the show, which was broadcast on private station Show TV, to the Radio and Television Supreme Council (RTÃK).