Balgarianovinite.com The Bulgarian Parliament is scheduled to debate the Public Social Insurance Budget Bill and National Health Insurance Fund (NHIF) Budget Bill for 2026 on Thursday. These are the first budgets drafted in euro. The Public Social Insurance Budget Bill sets the minimum wage at EUR 620.20 and the maximum contributory income at EUR 2,352. The social insurance contribution rises by 2 percentage points in 2026. The minimum pension for contributory income and old age increases from EUR 322.37 in 2025 to EUR 346.87 in 2026 for people with a full social insurance record. From July 1, 2026, all pensions granted by the end of 2025 will be adjusted by between 7% and 8%. Pensions are capped at EUR 1,738.40 as in 2025.
The NHIF revenues and expenditures for 2026 are both increasing by 15% from this year, up by EUR 727,652,900. The health insurance contribution is unchanged at 8%. A new item is a EUR 260 million transfer from the central government budget, allocated for the salaries of medical staff in healthcare facilities. 2026 Budget Bills on Public Social Insurance, National Health Insurance Fund Enter First-Reading Debate in Plenary 2025 THE NEWS FROM BULGARIA – NEWS AGENCY 2009-2025 2025-11-20 08:21:00 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