News on social assistance, pensions, employment, income, welfare programs, and protection of vulnerable groups.
Social policy
The government is preparing higher benefits and tax breaks for families with children, while unions and employers argue over the minimum wage.
Social policy
About 45% of workers in the EU face psychosocial risks at work, social minister Natalia Efremova said.
Social policy
The Home Social Patronage service gives soup, a main course and bread to people with an income below €443.12. Documents are accepted at any time.
Social policy
Nessebar municipality, Çorlu municipality and a Turkish association will teach job skills to people over 18 with autism, without using money from the…
Social policy
Support centres in 199 municipalities look after nearly 11,000 children a year, deputy labour and social policy minister Lilia Stoyanovich said.
Social policy
People in Yambol region have filed more than 5,100 applications for targeted heating aid. They can apply until 31 October, and the aid is paid in two…
Social policy
Experts in Sofia discussed why programmes to replace solid-fuel stoves often do not reach the poorest households.
Social policy
Bulgaria's Economic and Social Council wants any use of artificial intelligence at work to include an assessment of the psychosocial risk to people…
Social policy
The protesters want better working conditions, higher pay and changes to Ordinance No. 1, which sets the rules for doctors' specialist training.
Social policy
The "First Care" booklet offers parents practical tips and explains the one-off state payments available for the birth of a child in 2026.
Social policy
Social affairs minister Efremova says public sector pay could rise by more than 5%, but only if the budget gets extra income.
Social policy
Ombudsman Velislava Delcheva has written to the education ministry, the tourism ministry, the consumer protection commission and the competition…
Social policy
Labour inspectors will talk to school and university students about work contracts and the risks to mental health at work from 19 to 23 October.
Social policy
Young people aged 14–24 can learn on 23 October at the Youth Cultural Centre what help they can get from the state and from private donors.
Social policy
Issue 3 for 2026 also has articles on the Teachers' Pension Fund, checks in Kardzhali and the digitalisation of social insurance in America.
