pensioners

Over 60% of Romanians self-evaluate negatively from the point of view of their personal value to society and 8 out of 10 say that they have felt discriminated at least once in their life. Moreover, 86% of respondents feel that they have…

Pensions will be indexed for inflation on January 1, 2023 Romanian PM Nicolae Ciuca announced on Thursday, while on working visit to Dolj County. The prime minister said that pensioners "do not deserve to bear this burden of inflation on…

The average age of retirement is around 64.2 years for men and 63.5 years for women. And despite the cost of living increasing across Europe, many are looking towards their retirement and are beginning to build up that all-important nest…

The average number of retirees was 5,079,000 in 2021, down 49,000 from the previous year, according to the National Institute of Statistics released on Wednesday. The average number of state social insurance pensioners was 4,654,000…

5 out of 10 pensioners in Romania feel financially and socially excluded. The elderly claim that they feel marginalized due to lack of money, friends or health problems, according to a study conducted by the research company Novel, at the…

The Parliament has passed today a bill on the taxation of all special pensions by up to 85%, with the draft being endorsed by all parliamentary parties, but mostly following an agreement sealed between PSD and PNL. There has been an…

Several protesters have booed PM Viorica Dăncilă while she was meeting the pensioners in Constanta county on Sunday, while others applauded her and chanted "PSD". "No more special pensions", "Thieves", "You are a lying illiterate",…

The law on the public pension system, re-examined after the Constitutional Court ruled it is unconstitutional, has been rejected by the Senate on Wednesday, after failing to get the needed votes. 67 senators voted in favour and 22…

Liberals will sue the Social Democrat Party (PSD) for concluding a protocol with the state-owned Romanian Post through which the ruling party is distributing PSD electoral flyers to the pensioners. National Liberal Party chairman Ludovic…

After the ruling Social Democrat Party has criticised him for refusing to promulgate the 2019 budget law, President Iohannis has convened another press conference today after the one on Friday, stating that PSD is to blame for the budget…