Vroutsis reveals huge pile of pending pensions

More than 310,000 pension applications to the main pension fund (EFKA) and the auxiliary pension fund (ETEAEP) remain pending, while the total number of outstanding cases regarding pension issues adds up to over 1 million, Labor Minister Yiannis Vroutsis said on Tuesday.

He presented this disappointing picture, with the delays and the stagnant situation hundreds of thousands of retirees are facing, while responding to a question in Parliament on pending issues in social security.

Vroutsis said that "recording this mess has exceeded even the most pessimistic estimates regarding the total amount of pending cases, and reveals the tragic errors and omissions of the ministry's previous administration, which for years concealed the truth and ignored the troubles of retirees."

The ministry argues that the actual picture of all pending issues at social security funds...