PRESS DIGEST - Bulgaria - Dec 2
SOFIA, Dec 2 (Reuters) - These are some of the main stories in Bulgarian newspapers on Tuesday. Reuters has not verified these stories and does not vouch for their accuracy.
PRESA - Prime Minister Boiko Borisov expressed Bulgaria's support for the investment plan unveiled last week by European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker.
-- The government decided to increase pension age by four months for both men and women next year following a freeze in 2014, rejecting Social Minister Ivaylo Kalfin's proposal to limit the increase to two months. The same rate of increase by four months was projected for 2016 and 2017. Pensions would rise by 1.9 percent as of July 1 next year. Maximum pension was capped at 910 levs(579.7 US dollar). The minimum monthly wage would reach 460 levs in 2017 (Capital daily, Standart, Trud, Sega, Monitor, 24 Chasa).
-- The government also decided to increase the maximum insurable income for 2015 by 200 levs to 2,600 levs (Standart, Trud, Sega, Monitor).
-- Bulgarian President Rosen Plevneliev called for a halt to the cuts in the defence budget in order for the Balkan country to meet its commitment towards its allies from NATO (Presa, Sega, Monitor, Capital daily, Duma). (1 US dollar = 1.5698 Bulgarian lev)
