Government To Increase Pensions In 2005
10 March 2008
According to the PM Yulia Timoshenko, the government plans to raise the minimum pension from USD 55.7 to USD 62.6 a month and the average pension to USD 72.3 per month, a 23.5% increase. The government claims to enable this increase of pensions through an outpacing growth in salaries, in particular in budget sector by 56.8% to USD 133.6.
