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A 26-year-old man faced a prosecutor on Saturday after being caught in the act of performing sexually lewd acts in front of schoolchildren in Thessaloniki.

By Roula Salourou

The first part of a government plan to increase the minimum salary is expected to be implemented in October, taking the level up to 654 euros per month for all private sector workers. The government?s election pledge to raise the minimum monthly salary to 751 euros will not be fulfilled before the second half of 2016.

Minimum wages across the European Union highlight the vast economic differences across the member states with a ten-fold difference between Bulgaria and Luxembourg.

Greece has pledged to not roll back any ongoing or completed privatizations and ensure that any efforts to address a "humanitarian crisis" does not hurt its budget, according to a document containing its reform plans seen by Reuters on Tuesday.

Calculations based on the latest data of the National Statistical Institute (NSI), which was released on Thursday, shows that Bulgarian MPs, ministers and president will all receive higher wages.

The remuneration of the MPs will become BGN 2886, which is an increase of 186 BGN compared to their present wage, Darik radio reports.

The average monthly wage in Bulgaria in the last quarter of 2014 was BGN 847, which represents an increase of 4.7 % compared to the previous quarter.

This is revealed from the latest data of the National Statistical Institute (NSI), which was released on Thursday.

A new draft bill regulating permission to work for foreigners in Turkey will open the path for foreigners to work in many jobs that need a specific profession with an "extraordinary" work permit.

The "draft bill on the employment of foreigners," which was presented to parliament to be discussed and voted on, will widen the jobs in which foreigners can work.

Employers' associations have threatened to leave Bulgaria's National Council for Tripartite Cooperation (NCTC), stressing that it has degenerated into a non-functioning and meaningless entity.

BELGRADE - Serbian Minister of Public Administration and Local Self-Government Kori Udovicki said that local self-governments must be sustainable and that the downsizing process will be carried out for that purpose.

A group of metal workers began a strike on Jan. 29 around Turkey to protest poor wages in the sector and demand a better collective bargaining agreement with employers in the industry. Another group of metal workers are also planning to go on strike Feb. 19, increasing the total number of striking workers to some 15,000.