Pensions in the United Kingdom
Pension, healthcare contributions to rise for self-employed
The vast majority of self-employed professionals, who choose the lowest (or first) social security category, will pay almost 8 euros per month or €95.52 per year more in their contributions for main pensions and healthcare, in line with the inflation rate of 2023.
This is the highest pension in Serbia
According to the last available statistical report of the Serbian PDI Fund, the highest pension in Serbia is exactly RSD 200,475.
Practically, and as per the Law on PDI, no retired person in Serbia can register more than 45 years of service or a personal coefficient higher than 3.8. Thus, therefore, the pension is "fixed" at this amount.
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Barrage of payments to pensioners
The Single Social Security Entity (EFKA) has planned for successive payments before Christmas to 2.5 million pensioners, in order to pay all the beneficiaries without exception, both the January pension with an integrated increase of 3%, as well as the personal difference allowance, to those who are not entitled to a raise.
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EFKA cases delay justice
Hundreds of thousands of pensioner cases which since 2015 have included claims for retroactive amounts for cuts deemed illegal by the Council of State, but also others, concerning the return of interest as the refunds of the main pensions became interest-free, or the recalculation of pensions, are piled up in administrative courts around the country.
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PM announces €100 million package for pensioners
Prime Minister Robert Golob has announced a €100 million package of measures aiming to support pensioners, including a guaranteed minimum pension of €700 and a Christmas bonus. The promise invited mixed reactions.
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Teachers to finally get lump sums
The payment of retirement lump sums to some 7,500 teachers who received their main pension in the previous period started on Friday and is expected to be completed by the end of the month.
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Auxiliary pension issue proceeding
Over 50% of supplementary pension applications that had been pending for years have been issued within the past two months, while the remaining almost 50% of pensioners still waiting are expected to receive their pension advance by the middle of next week, with an extraordinary lump-sum payment from the Single Social Security Entity (EFKA).
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Pensioners calling for permanent and higher annual allowance
Ljubljana – The Pensioners’ Trade Union has proposed the introduction of permanent and uniform annual allowance for pensioners to replace the current bonus set each year as part of a separate budget law. The union is proposing EUR 625 for all pensioners in 2023, significantly more than so far. The Labour Ministry has rejected the proposal.
Bulgarian Retirees to Receive BGN120 Bonus for Three Final Months of 2021
Bulgarian pensioners will receive a pension supplement worth of BGN120 for the three final months of the year - October, November and December -, while a recalculation of pensions will be made from December 25, including an increase in the minimum pension to BGN 370.
Moldovan Government to Raise Pensions and Welfare Benefits
Prime Minister Natalia Gavrilita announced on Monday evening that pensions for the elderly and allowances for vulnerable citizens would rise after October 1 for about 427,000 people.