Bulgaria Proposes Raising Poverty Line to 390 Euros Starting January

The Bulgarian government has put forward a draft decree proposing to raise the official poverty line from 638 leva to 764 leva (326 euros to 390 euros), effective from January 1. This proposal, reflecting a nearly 20% increase, has been open for public consultation for a month and is scheduled for discussion this Wednesday by the Commission on Income and Living Standards at the National Council for Tripartite Cooperation.

Currently, about 1....