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02/01/2017

Nearly 33,000 Hungarians living abroad get pension from home

Budapest, January 2 (MTI) – Nearly 33,000 Hungarians living abroad, mostly in Germany, get pension or other pension-type benefits sent from Hungary, daily Magyar Idők said […]

02/01/2017

30/12/2016

Socialists: Pensioners won’t be any better off in 2017

Budapest (MTI) – A Socialist lawmaker said on Thursday that pensioners would not be any better off next year because the government planned to slice off […]

30/12/2016

06/12/2016

Jobbik: Everybody deserves retirement after 40 years of work

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Press release – When the issue of women’s retirement after 40 years of employment was debated in Parliament, Fidesz refused to back Jobbik’s motion to extend […]

06/12/2016

04/12/2016

Leftist DK party sees room for steeper pension increase

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Budapest (MTI) – Hungarian pensioners could get a steeper pension increase if the government were to cancel an agreement that finances Ukrainian and Russian pensioners and […]

04/12/2016

29/11/2016

Orbán: Pensions to rise by 1.6pc in 2017

Budapest, November 29 (MTI) – Pensions will rise by 1.6 percent next year and each pensioner will receive an end-of-year bonus of 10,000 forints in Erzsébet […]

29/11/2016

23/11/2016

Socialist leader calls for better pension system

Budapest, November 23 (MTI) – Pensioners should feel safe not vulnerable, and they should feel proud not poor, opposition Socialist Party leader Gyula Molnár said on […]

23/11/2016

07/10/2016

International Day of Older Persons in Hungary

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Budapest, October 7 (MTI) – Older persons are often pensioners who are full of vitality and keen to contribute resources not only to their family and […]

07/10/2016

30/09/2016

Economy ministry official says state pension system stable

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Budapest (MTI) – The state pension system is stable and will remain so over the long term, an economy ministry official told MTI on Thursday. “The […]

30/09/2016

02/06/2016

Socialists: 2017 pension rise ‘humiliating, unfair’

Budapest, June 2 (MTI) – Socialist Party leader József Tóbiás on Thursday called the government’s planned 0.9 percent pension rise for next year “humiliating” and “unfair”. […]

02/06/2016

18/04/2016

Economy minister: Pensions to go up 0.9 pc in 2017

Budapest, April 18 (MTI) – The government is planning to raise pensions by 0.9 percent next year, in line with the expected rate of inflation, business […]

18/04/2016

03/01/2016

Pensions to rise annual HUF 24,000 in 2016, says state secretary

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Budapest, January 3 (MTI) – The 1.6 percent rise in pensions from January 1 will result in an average increase of 24,000 forints (EUR 76) in […]

03/01/2016

31/12/2015

Government to launch programme helping women work for pension

Budapest (MTI) – A government programme designed to help women close to retirement fulfill their employment requirements in order to qualify for a state pension will […]

31/12/2015

19/12/2015

The two largest pensions are worth nearly HUF 1.5 billion (EUR 4800)

According to metropol.hu, while the average pension is HUF 108 thousand (EUR 350), 167 people get more then HUF 500 thousand (EUR 1600) a month. Although […]

19/12/2015

15/12/2015

Strasbourg court rules Hungary pension law violates ECHR

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Strasbourg, December 15 (MTI) – The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) on Tuesday ruled that Hungary’s pension law violates the ban against discrimination prescribed by […]

15/12/2015

15/08/2015

Fidesz: Men’s early retirement would bring pension cuts

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Budapest (MTI) – Campaigns by radical nationalist Jobbik and the Socialist Party promoting the chance for men to retire after 40 years of work, an option […]

15/08/2015

06/02/2015

Private pensions appear to be on track to meeting rules for survival

Daily News Hungary

Budapest, February 6 (MTI) – Private pension funds have been busy encouraging members to pay their membership fee in order to meet the law’s requirement that […]

06/02/2015

26/11/2014

Facebook group protests against “looting” private pension funds

Budapest, November 25 (MTI) – A demonstration was held in central Budapest to protest against a government proposal concerning private pension funds, on Tuesday. Zoltan Buki, […]

26/11/2014

21/02/2014

Fewer tax payers to support rising number of pensioners in 15 years

Budapest, February 21 (MTI) – The number of people paying social contributions in Hungary is falling while the number of people qualifying for state pensions is […]

21/02/2014