Pensions
What changes for pensioners in 2026
The new year brings new rules for retirees and new amounts on the pension check. But the incomes of the oldest continue to trot behind price increases
Standard of living
Pensions are convincingly losing the race with wages
Since the progressives came to power, the average pension in Serbia is not even half of the average salary. The real trouble is that half a million pensioners survive on less than 250 euros a month
Pensions
Pension increase: Who gets the most and who barely survives?
While more than half a million pensioners in Serbia live on less than 30.000 dinars per month, the government announces a 12 percent increase in pensions. What does this mean for the average pensioner and how much extra will those with the lowest incomes get?
Pensioners
How much will the December pension supplement be?
The payment of the supplement to pensions in Serbia of less than 65.716,70 dinars will be up to five percent of the amount of the December pension
Pensioners in Serbia
How much pensions will 1.652.900 pensioners receive?
Besides the fact that most pensioners cannot make ends meet, their position in society is very unenviable. How much will the pension increase of 10,9 percent help them?
Economy
Truth or manipulation: Average salary in Serbia 1.400 euros by 2027
While the Minister of Finance announces an average salary of 1.400 euros, economist Milan Kovačević tells "Vreme" that not everything is so positive in the Serbian economy, as Siniša Mali represents
Pensioners
Vučić's pension increase announcement: Legal harmonization turned into a political advertisement
The adjustment of pensions by about 11 percent is prescribed by law, based on statistical data on the growth of wages and prices in the second half of 2023 and the first half of 2024 compared to the previous year. However, Vučić also takes personal credit for this
Economic policy of the Government of Serbia
Poor service and wasteful spending
Since the pandemic in March 2020, our fiscal policy has increasingly been characterized by indiscriminate and one-time spending, and less and less by spending aimed at solving long-term problems. What could be the consequences of such spending for other public policies, especially for social, family and demographic policies
Interview: Danica Popović
Inflation is the sin of domestic monetary policy
"The country is allowed to increase the amount of money as much as it achieves economic growth. Any faster growth of the money supply above the rate of economic growth will create inflation, to which then add that imported inflation. And it doesn't end there either. Even if imported inflation falls to zero, there is still no salvation for you if you increase pensions, salaries, pay gifts to the young, the old or anyone whom President Vučić is angry with that day - and economic growth remains low, as it is now.
Interview
Dejan Šoškić: We have no money for Vučić's promises
"This measure may be politically popular and someone may think that it can reduce domestic demand in the short term. However, given the structure and weaknesses of our economy, this measure will in practice only increase public expenditures and public debt and stimulate inflation," says the professor. Faculty of Economics for the portal "Vremena"
Comment
Vučić started the election campaign: What is really hidden behind the raises and insults
By offering "technical talks" on the organization of elections, is Vučić accepting part of the demands of the protest? Namely, Bata Gašić becomes a minister in resignation, Vulin quietly leaves after them, and it is possible to achieve some transitional solution for REM and televisions with national frequencies. Now the opposition is on the move
Politics
The President of Serbia: Who will get the increase and the money after the announcement of the election
Aleksandar Vučić announced an increase in salaries in education and healthcare, an increase in pensions, cheaper bread and financial aid for children up to 16 years of age, i.e. their guardians
Politics
Aleksandar Vučić: This will be remembered as the best time
During tonight's guest appearance on RTS, which was on the occasion of the anniversary of his second term as president, Vučić spoke about his achievements and intentions for the future. He announced higher salaries and pensions, as well as that Kosovo will remain in Serbia, that he will not change the Constitution in order to run again, and that the Belgrade and parliamentary elections can be held whenever the opposition wants.
Society
Director of the PIO fund: I think that pensions have increased a little more than real inflation
Ognjenović says that the real growth of pensions is 12 percent. He tells pensioners that their income is secure, stable and that the contributions are very good
Society
Appeal to the state of one pensioner: Increasing pensioner standards is an illusion
The average pension in 2002 was 73 percent of the average salary, while today the average pension is 43 percent of today's average salary - pensioner Jugoslav Ristić argued in the appeal
News
International Day of Older Persons: Declarative and concrete help
During a visit to the Home for the Elderly, Minister Kisić and City Secretary Čamagić congratulated those present on the Day of the Elderly, and said that the state and the city are doing everything to make them feel better and less lonely. Also on the occasion of that day, the Democratic Party reminded of two laws that it drafted and which could concretely affect the mood of older fellow citizens
News
Increase in pensions: The position of pensioners never gets worse
While the Minister of Finance Siniša Mali announces a fantastic increase in pensions, statistics show that one million pensioners receive less than 30.000 dinars per month, 800.000 less than 25.000, and 300.000 of them less than 16.000 dinars. Agricultural pensioners receive the lowest pensions - 13.000 dinars. There are about 150.000 of them
Economy
Increase in pensions: Will we plant a time bomb in the budget again?
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
Comment
The illusion of increased pensions: Inflation is a miracle
Inflation well over 10 percent, price increases of at least 20 percent, expensive electricity that we don't have and won't have enough of, debts coming due... - in order to preserve social peace, the state will have to borrow, and there is no more cheap money. Of course, the bright side of the dark picture can also be shown: the budget is filled more than expected, because with the fall in prices, the income from VAT also increases. Inflation is a miracle