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To receive retirement payments, Ukrainians have to earn it: reaching 60 is no longer enough, - Social Policy Minister Reva The head of the Social Policy Ministry says the retirement age in Ukraine will not increase. However, a citizen must earn a certain term of service enough for retirement. The draft bill on the pension reform is ready. 142 262 890 Ukrainian Politics 
Pension should be earned, not aged to, - Social Policy Minister Reva Ukraine should return to unified rules of pension payments stipulating for their dependence on Pension Fund premiums paid by citizens. 121 408 826 Ukrainian Politics 
Ukraine unable to avoid retirement age increase, - Social Policy Minister The government has no plans to raise the retirement age in Ukraine so far. However, it will be needed to be done in the future. 123 818 672 Ukrainian Politics Termination of goods exchange with self-proclaimed Donetsk republics is economically wrong, - Social Policy Minister Reva The problem of trade between Ukraine and non-government controlled areas of the Donetsk and Luhansk regions should be solved by negotiations. 47 313 449 Previously in trend: Blockade of "DPR/LPR" 
If you don't have 15 years of pension insurance record, you get no pension payments. 20,000 people have been affected so far, - Social Policy Minister Reva About 20,000 people in Ukraine do not receive pension payments over lack of minimum required 15 years of insurance record. 81 607 445 Ukrainian Politics 
Minimum pension to be increased to 1,452 hryvnia if pension reform passed, - Social Policy Minister Reva Minister of Social Policy of Ukraine Andrii Reva says that if the pension reform is adopted, the minimum pension payment will be increased to 1,452 hryvnia ($55 monthly) from Oct. 1. 41 431 401 Ukrainian Politics 
Pension system to disintegrate in decade at most unless steps taken, - Minister Reva Ukraine is faced with the collapse of its pension system unless necessary measures are taken to deal with the situation. 47 092 368 Society 
Minister of Social Policy: minimum wage in Ukraine increased up to rates of 2014 The minimum wage in Ukraine has reached the rate of 2014. 18 852 355 Economics Ukraine’s pension system on the brink of collapse, social policy minister says Ukrainian Minister of Social Policy Andrii Reva believes the domestic pension system is heading for a large-scale disaster. 62 058 345 Ukrainian Politics 
One in four employed Ukrainians avoid paying taxes, social policy minister says Four out of 16 million Ukrainian jobholders avoid paying taxes to the state budget. 48 312 343 Previously in trend: Shadow economy 
Social Policy Minister says real earnings of population grew by 19.1 percent over year Wages and pensions of Ukrainians continue increasing with price growth easing. 66 094 337 Economics 
Pensions increase affected 10.2 million people, average payment up by 560 hryvnia, - Social Policy Minister Reva Social Policy Minister Andrii Reva told the parliament members about the pension reform implementation. 37 232 305 Ukrainian Politics Minimum wage for teachers to be 5,266 hryvnia from Jan. 1, 2017, Ukraine’s Social Policy Minister says The minimum wage of a teacher with the lowest occupational qualification will be 5,266 hryvnia ($202 monthly) starting from Jan. 1, 2017. 60 939 303 Ukrainian Politics 
IMF insists on retirement age increase, - Minister of Social Policy Reva Minister of Social Policy Andrii Reva says the International Monetary Fund insists on raising the retirement age in Ukraine. 84 031 296 Economics 
Ukraine’s MP Semenchenko says Poroshenko Bloc faction members understate coal reserves at TPPs to lift Donbas blockade Member of Ukrainian parliament Semen Semenchenko involved in trade blockade of the temporarily occupied territory in eastern Ukraine disclosed actual coal reserves at the Sloviansk and Kramatorsk thermal power plants (TPPs). 129 361 258 Ukrainian Politics 
Monthly recurring fee for gas to make 4.5 million consumers pay extra, social policy minister says The decision of the National Energy and Utilities Regulatory Commission (NEURC) to impose a recurring fee for gas delivery infrastructure exploitation is ill-considered. 62 961 250 Previously in trend: Rates for housing services and utilities 
Cabinet will not print money to raise salaries in 2017 Only available funds will be used to increase the minimum wage. 38 744 249 Ukrainian Politics 
40 percent of Ukraine’s economy works off the books, social policy minister says Ukraine’s Social Policy Minister Andrii Reva believes that about 40 percent of the Ukrainian economy works off the books, so its unshadowing at this stage could bring more income to the budget than rapid economic growth. 47 161 224 Previously in trend: Shadow economy 
Increase in minimum wage not to happen until 2018 The minimum wage in Ukraine can be increased only in 2018-2019. 15 499 206 Ukrainian Politics IMF Memorandum demands freezing minimum wage for three years, - Reva The government is allowed to increase pension payments but cannot raise salaries. 65 873 189 Ukrainian Politics Ukraine Minister of Social Policy Reva calls excessive gas bills illegal and not subject to payment Bills with excessive gas tariffs which people received in January are illegal and must not be paid. 25 304 188 Previously in trend: Rates for housing services and utilities 
Cabinet developed bill on benefits monetization, Social Policy Minister says Minister of Social Policy of Ukraine Andrii Reva says that the Cabinet of Ministers has developed the bill on benefits monetization. 64 493 184 Ukrainian Politics Ukraine’s social policy minister approves of decision to increase minimum wage, shows statistics Raising the minimum wage twofold was the right thing to do. 40 657 158 Economics 
Social policy minister vows Ukrainian pensioners to see their payments recalculated in March Pensions indexation in 2019 will be carried out no earlier than March since data on inflation and wages will be known around mid-February. 48 979 155 Economics 
8.5 million retired Ukrainians receive pension payments at living wage, - Social Policy Minister Reva Out of 12 million Ukrainian retirees, 8.5 million receive pension payments in the amount of living wage. 37 947 154 Ukrainian Politics 
"Ukraine stepped on right path," - IMF's Ron van Rooden on pension reform Minister of Social Policy, Andrii Reva and the IMF delegation headed by representative office chief Ron van Rooden discussed the course of the pension reform in Ukraine and approaches to the allocation of grants-in-aid at a meeting on Wednesday. 10 397 138 Economics Pension reform bill to be introduced to Rada in spring, - Reva In spring 2017, the Ministry of Social Policy of Ukraine plans to present a bill on pension reform to the Verkhovna Rada. 47 809 121 Ukrainian Politics Ukraine said no to IMF’s proposal on retirement age raise, - social policy minister The government of Ukraine was able to convince the International Monetary Fund (IMF) in the absence of burning issue to raise the retirement age for Ukrainians up to 63. 39 271 117 Society 
Social policy minister: retired military to have their pensions reviewed retroactively in three stages from Jan. 1, 2018 Recalculation of military pensions will be carried out retroactively from January 1, 2018. Revaluation will be implemented in three stages after adoption of the law on the pension coverage of the retired military personnel. 19 621 114 Economics 
Rise in pensions not to boost inflation, Minister Reva says Pension payments for Ukrainians will not be raised at the expense of the state budget. 12 080 104 Ukrainian Politics 
Social policy minister: soldiers to receive larger salaries, pensions in 2018 Ukraine’s Minister of Social Policy Andrii Reva says the military personnel will receive increased salaries and pensions since Jan. 1, 2018. 29 702 101 Ukrainian Politics 
Social policy minister sees no need to raise retirement age within next decade Ukraine’s Ministry of Social Policy expects the increase in the Pension Fund revenues through bringing salaries out of the shadows. 27 204 95 Ukrainian Politics 
