Romanian Army Retirees Protest Outside Presidential Palace Over Pension Reform

Over one thousand retired army members are protesting close to the presidential palace in Romania’s capital Bucharest and a few hundred others are protesting prefects’ offices in other Romanian cities, displeased with the pension reform, which lowers their pensions.Romania's pension reform, which is among the conditions the country must meet to continue getting money from an IMF-led EUR20 billion loan, ties pensions to social security contributions, which means pensions of special ...

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