The International Monetary Fund has given the green light to increase salaries in the public sector from January 1, said the Minister of Finance, Sinisa Mali.
He told RTS that based on the talks that the IMF mission had with the President of Serbia, Aleksandar Vusic, on Wednesday, Serbia received the green light to increase salaries in the public sector from January.
“It will not be a percentage like last year, but there will certainly be salary increases in the public sector,” Mali said.
According to him, it is an increase for all those who work in the public sector, but also in the private sector, because the increase in the minimum wage raises the increase in all wages.
“In April, May, we will have an average of 540 euros. To remind you in 2012 or 2013, there were 312 if I’m not mistaken. In a couple of months, we will go with the growth of salaries,” said Mali.
He also pointed out that the IMF will confirm today that Serbia is the first in Europe in terms of growth rate until the end of 2020, reports Tanjug.
