KYIV, Aug 25 – Parliament has approved the decision to increase the minimum wage in Ukraine to UAH 5,000 from September 1, 2020.

A total of 295 Members of Parliament voted in favor of respective bill No. 3963 amending the law on the national budget of Ukraine for 2020 during an extraordinary session on Tuesday.

The Servant of the People faction gave 231 votes in favor of the decision (one MP abstained from voting), the Opposition Platform - For Life faction supported the bill with 26 votes (12 MPs did not vote), the For the Future Deputy Group – with 12 votes (two abstained and eight did not vote), the Dovira (Trust) Group – with 15 votes (two MPs did not vote), independent parliamentarians – with 11 votes.