Pensioners in Bulgaria will continue to receive BGN 50 monthly supplement in July

Pensioners in Bulgaria will continue to receive BGN 50 monthly supplement in July, the caretaker government decided on June 23.

2.8 million people will receive the supplement regardless of the amount of their pensions. For this purpose, the cabinet will allocate an additional BGN 104 million from the social security budget. The funds were provided at the expense of restructuring the budget expenditures.

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In May, the caretaker Minister of Social Affairs Galab Donev and Minuster of Finance Assen Vassilev announced that the monthly allowances of BGN 50 for pensioners, introduced by Boyko Borissov's government as a mesure against the coronavirus crisis, will continue to be paid until the end of the term of the caretaker government.