The application of pensioner cards begins, which should enable a direct increase in the standard of living of the oldest citizens. Pensioner cards will enable benefits in more than 620 facilities, institutions, trade chains. As of today, pension increases of 5,5 percent have been announced.
More and more pensioners in Serbia, instead of taking a vacation after their well-deserved retirement, continue to work. According to the data of the Association of Free and Independent Trade Unions, about 100.000 of them are employed. Employers are interested in candidates because of the labor shortage, and pensioners supplement their household budget in this way
Starting next month, pensioners will be able to obtain discounts for services and products from more than 600 companies that have joined the "New Generation Pension Cards" project. Among the many benefits, Finance Minister Siniša Mali pointed out that, for example, the contract with NIS foresees a discount for pensioners from one to three dinars per liter of fuel, depending on the type of fuel, and with "Roads of Serbia" a cheaper toll by three percent
The last announcement of the increase in pensions and a one-time financial aid for pensioners of 20.000 dinars is just a continuation of the constant manipulation of the most vulnerable citizens. For now, the opposition has no answer to such a campaign
It is often the case with older women that they are skipped over during the division of property and exposed to pressure to give up their property in favor of their children. It is also a kind of violence, because in the end they are left without property, especially if it is about real estate in which they should live
From October, pensions will be higher but not 10 percent, the National Council for the Elderly will be established, and as for the fulfillment of other requirements, the Government will "try to catch up"
Pensioners need a national council for the elderly because they represent a third of the population that supports at least as many citizens of the Republic of Serbia
Is it justified to put the capable and the less capable in the same basket? Does the employment of pensioners really affect the higher unemployment of young people? Do pensioners have to live in clichés - play chess, walk, do nothing until doomsday (and mostly finance their descendants - according to possibilities)? Let's not write off our elders so that our children don't write us off
If the final amount of the pension is less than the one determined for you by the temporary decision, the PIO fund will deduct a third of your pension every month until it collects the difference, even though the error was not caused by your fault
This combination - a high deficit, a high borrowing rate and a large increase in pensions - irresistibly reminds of the events of 2008, when the then government systematically undermined public finances
The Association of Pensioners' Unions is seeking a meeting with Aleksandar Vučić, trying to resolve the drastically worsened financial position of its members due to price increases. The January pension adjustment of 5,5 percent has already been eaten up by inflation. PUPS does not declare itself
In his pre-election speeches, Ivica Dačić talks about pensioners who do not exist in Serbia. Last year, about 600.000 of them received a pension of less than 20.000 dinars. Complaints that came to the Office of the Commissioner for Protection of Equality last year and refer to discrimination based on age are in second place.
From Saturday, covid passes are abolished, wearing masks remains at the recommended level and all restrictions on gatherings in public places cease to apply
The pensioner is the subject of heartless discrimination, and neither the Krkobabic dynasty nor political correctness will help him
