Balgarianovinite.com The leadership of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs fully understands the concerns and demands of the Ministry’s employees regarding the draft 2026 state budget, the Ministry said on Facebook in response to a peaceful gathering of Foreign Ministry employees over the bill.
“Our shared goal is to strengthen and support our diplomatic service, whose most valuable resource is its staff,” the post reads, adding that decent pay, professional development, and the modernization of the administration are key conditions for effectively defending Bulgaria’s national interests on the international stage.
The proposed draft budget for 2026 is not due to a divergence from this vision on the part of the Government, but is the result of the inherited fiscal situation and the significant imbalances in the pay of employees across various administrative bodies, which have accumulated over the years, the Ministry’s leadership said.
“Given the identified excessive deficit and the European Commission’s ongoing procedure, our main task is to find solutions that do not further disadvantage employees,” the Ministry stated.
As before, the Foreign Minister and the entire leadership remain strongly committed and open to constructive dialogue with the Professional Association of Civil Servants in the Diplomatic Service on all issues concerning working conditions and employees, the post reads further.
On Monday, trade unions from both the Confederation of Independent Trade Unions in Bulgaria (CITUB) and the Podkrepa Confederation of Labour are scheduled to hold a protest at 2 p.m. in front of the Council of Ministers building. They are against the proposed draft budget, which they say will lead to cuts in personnel expenses and shift the burden of social security contributions onto civil servants.
The bill, which the Finance Ministry published on its website on June 24, proposes a phased introduction of the requirement for civil servants under the Civil Servants Act and employees under the Judiciary Act to pay personal social security contributions, with the ratio set at 80% for the employer and 20% for the employee starting August 1, and 60% for the employer and 40% for the employee as of 2027. Foreign Ministry Expresses Understanding towards Its Staff’s Concerns as They Protest over Draft Budget 2026 THE NEWS FROM BULGARIA – NEWS AGENCY 2009-2025 2026-06-29 07:54:34 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