Romania’s Interior Ministry Avg Pension At RON1,775, Only One Pension Tops RON10,000

Romania’s Interior Ministry average pension amounts to 1,775 lei (EUR1=RON4.1811) and only one pension, set through court ruling, exceeds RON10,000.

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Data offered by the ministry’s pension house indicate 64,634 retirees late April 2009.

The ministry's average pension paid to retired police officers, gendarmes, firefighters and border police officers amounts to RON1,755.

The ministry said the only pension higher than the average pension reaches RON11,429 and was set through court ruling.

According to the ministry, the threshold higher than RON8,000 includes only three pensions, while the threshold of RON1,000-2,000 includes over 30,000 pensions.

Some 200,000 Romanians who collect special pensions will see their pensions recalculated once the new law in the field is enforced, Mihai Seitan, adviser to Prime Minister Emil Boc said Monday.

Seitan said the move was already discussed in the government, mentioning that most of citizens who benefit from special pensions used to work in the military and the Interior Ministry.

He estimated that, following recalculation, the special pensions might be reduced to one third of their current value.

Seitan said the new pension system might be up and running within six months and that the pensions already collected by them will not be refunded.

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