Labour and social policy minister Natalia Efremova has sent greetings to the management and staff of the National Social Security Institute (NOI) for 11 November, Social Security Day in Bulgaria.

The date is also a professional holiday for the institute's employees. Efremova sent her message to NOI head Vesela Karaivanova-Nacheva.

"I greatly value your efforts to improve administrative services, expand electronic services and make it easier for people to get information and services," the minister wrote.

She said demographics, the economy and society are changing fast. For that reason, she said, the pension system needs steady decisions, a lasting approach and a shared vision for the future.

Efremova also named the goals the ministry and NOI share: adequate pensions, a financially stable social security system and modern work in the institutions. She said trust in social security grows when the institute works with skill, openness and respect for people.

She wished the staff good health, satisfaction in their work and confidence that their mission has meaning. Efremova said she hoped their work would continue to help make the future of Bulgarian citizens more secure.