The Confederation of Independent Trade Unions in Bulgaria (CITUB) is determined to proceed with the protests planned by its higher education chapter despite a government decision to provide an extra BGN 39 million (€ 20 mln) to boost the incomes of academic staff at higher education institutions and BGN 12 million (€ 6 mln) for administrative staff. CITUB said in a statement that the increase is not enough. The leadership of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (BAS) issued a statement in support of the position of higher education institutions as expressed in an open letter of the Council of Rectors. The BAS leadership described it as unacceptable for the government to not fulfill its promise of increasing the income of academic staff of state-run universities and research organizations and to violate the Higher Education Act.
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