Balgarianovinite.com Labour and Social Policy Minister Nataliya Efremova said in an interview for Bulgarian National Television on Sunday that she would not allow the minimum wage to remain at its current level from January 1, 2027.
Asked whether she could predict what the minimum wage would be next year, Efremova said it would not be appropriate to speculate on figures before an objective method for determining the wage had been agreed.
“What I can say, and this is my mandatory responsibility, is that I will not allow the current level to be maintained,” she said. How much higher it could go, she added, would be a matter of calculations that ultimately needed to provide an objective basis for the decision.
Earlier this week, the government and social partners discussed the criteria for calculating the minimum wage for 2027.
“The idea is to build a high-value-added economy, and then incomes will naturally rise. If we do not develop sufficient investment in the country and in high technologies, our income policy will not be able to deliver higher wages. In this regard, if we want to move our income policy forward, the most important thing is to ensure that people have higher qualifications,” Efremova said.
According to her, efforts should be made every year to participate in different types of training. “Regardless of whether we are employed or unemployed, we must seek out different forms of training,” she said. Efremova noted that the Labour and Social Policy Ministry offers a wide range of free training programmes, both for professional qualifications and for skills that can be acquired more quickly.
Speaking about the social security system, the Minister said it was a highly complex system that required the commitment of society as a whole. The better people contribute to the system today, the better their pension provision will be in the future. “This is the direction in which we will work,” she said.
“We need stronger oversight, aimed at combating the shadow economy and undeclared employment, but also at building people’s confidence that the better they contribute to the social security system today, the better they can exercise their rights both now and in the future,” Efremova said.
The Minister also said she would travel to Plovdiv next week to meet with children from the Children’s Council under the State Agency for Child Protection.
“I want to hear their views as well. What can we do better for young people? How can we support a better environment for them?” she said.
Efremova added that she would also meet with local social services, as well as separately with the State Agency for Child Protection and the Social Assistance Agency. “We intend to develop a specific new action plan to strengthen child protection,” Efremova said. Minimum Wage Will Not Remain at Current Level in 2027, Labour Minister Says 2026 THE NEWS FROM BULGARIA – NEWS AGENCY 2009-2025 2026-08-16 08:35:28 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