Balgarianovinite.com Nearly 67,000 people in need of support will continue to receive free lunches in 2027, the Ministry of Labour and Social Policy said in a press release on Friday. The amount allocated per meal will also be increased, which will allow municipalities to ensure the quality of the food. This is made possible by measures to increase the service’s budget, undertaken by the Ministry and the Managing Authority of the Food and Basic Material Assistance Programme at the Social Assistance Agency.
The additional funds will allow the contracts of 224 municipalities for the provision of hot lunches, which expire on September 30, 2026, to be extended until July 2027. Starting August 1 of this year, the rate that municipalities will receive per lunch portion will also be increased, from EUR 086 to EUR 2.10. This is intended to offset inflation since the last indexation of the amount in July 2024 and thus maintain the quality of the food.
The measures taken by the Labour Ministry and the Managing Authority will ensure that there is no interruption in the lunch assistance that the most vulnerable people receive every workday, the Ministry added. Nearly 67,000 People in Need to Continue Receiving Free Lunch in 2027 2026 THE NEWS FROM BULGARIA – NEWS AGENCY 2009-2025 2026-06-05 12:07:43 Latest news World news Country news Most important news latest news most important latest of the day Justice Petar Nizamov Feathers Petar Nizamov- Feathers Justice bg iustitia.bg iustitia iusticia usticia investigation Burgas Bulgaria news news of the last hour news of the day news of today Bulgaria news The news from Bulgaria blitz news top news most important most commented latest news Boyko Borisov news weather coronavirus news news weather facebook youtube facebook instagram news today news of the last minutes news today today news news bg news leading news hot news bg news site for news all news news bg news of the last hour latest latest news bg news of today news today news today news of the last hour latest news today news bg news news 24 hours news vesti bg novini news world bird bg bivol bg bivol trud bg novini latest news today novinite bg news hello bulgaria political party coat of arms delyan peevski scandalous Bulgarian National Television Free Europe Television scandal exclusive live tv live right now tv tv online tv program bg live now tv news online tv online live court Burgas court Burgas district court Burgas court Burgas district court Burgas district court Burgas appellate court Burgas prosecutor Burgas prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Prosecutor General Ivan Geshev Prosecutor Geshev Tsatsarov Ministry of Internal Affairs Burgas ODMR Burgas ODPR Burgas police Burgas district police Burgas prosecutor Tsatsarov SGS cases Varna court chairman of the SGS court decisions on civil cases decisions on cases Plovdiv court decision of the court decisions cases Varna court criminal cases district district court decisions work in the court SGS chairman of the SGS judges Sofia court post judges Plovdiv court Plovdiv judges Plovdiv Supreme Court Inspectorate Supreme Court Supreme Judicial Council lawyer lawyer criminal cases lawyer civil cases lawyer marriage cases lawyer administrative criminal law criminal process civil law civil process administrative law constitutional law