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“Ensuring a decent old age for our mothers and fathers has always been an absolute and irrevocable priority of the government,” he said.
Prime Minister Boyko Borissov recalled that retirees will receive BGN 50 in addition to their pensions for the third consecutive month.
“Each Bulgarian pensioner for the third month in a row will receive a supplement of BGN 50 to their October pension. This is what we promised and we are fulfilling our commitment. This assistance during the COVID-19 pandemic will reach 2,119,256 pensioners in Bulgaria. that the government allocated an additional 105,962,800 BGN today from the State Social Security budget, “Borissov said in a video message on his Facebook account.
“Despite the difficulties facing COVID-19, we have increased all pensions by 6.7% since July 1 of this year. During the state of emergency, tens of thousands of retirees benefited from support for a lunch free hot water, social care and much more. other social services to facilitate and improve the lives of the elderly. Many of these activities continue to develop until the end of the year, because the provision of a dignified old age to our mothers and fathers has always been absolute and inalienable priority of the government: to work for new and new measures to support pensioners, ”added the Prime Minister.
At the same time, the poverty line for 2021 was determined. Its amount will be 369 BGN, 6 BGN more than in 2020.
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