NEWS

• April 17, 2025
  
  MEETING WITH THE STATE FUND FOR SOCIAL PROTECTION OF THE REPUBLIC OF AZERBAIJAN
  
  On April 15 and 16, 2025, in Belgrade, at the Directorate of the Republican Fund for Pension and Disability Insurance, a meeting was held between the Republican Fund for Pension and Disability Insurance, the Institute for Social Insurance and the State Fund for Social Protection of Azerbaijan regarding the implementation of the Agreement between the Government of the Republic of Serbia and the Government of the Republic of Azerbaijan on Social Security.
  
  At the meeting, the two sides presented their pension systems and the conditions for exercising the right to the benefits, pension payment systems and digitalization of services, with the aim of more efficient implementation of the Agreement and easier exercise of the right to benefits for insured persons and beneficiaries of the two countries.
  
  The delegation of the Republic of Serbia was led by Relja Ognjenović, Director of the Republic Fund for Pension and Disability Insurance. It consisted of representatives of the Fund and the Institute for Social Insurance. In contrast, Matin Asgar, Deputy Chair-man of the Board of the State Fund for Social Protection, led the delegation of the Republic of Azerbaijan.
  
  At the meeting, it was agreed to continue cooperation between the pension and disability insurance institutions of the Republic of Serbia and the Republic of Azerbaijan, as well as to conclude certain agreements that will contribute to a more efficient implementation of the Agreement.
  
• April 14, 2025
  
  INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE "DIGITAL - INTERNATIONAL: ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE"
  
  In Vienna, on April 10 and 11, 2025, organized by the Pension Insurance Institute of the Republic of Austria and attended by representatives from 11 countries, an international conference with the theme "Digital-International: Artificial Intelligence" was held, where experiences were shared about the impact of artificial intelligence (AI) on all areas of social security, the opportunities it provides in procedures for exercising rights and its impact on administrative processes.
  
  Experts from the Republic of Austria and the Federal Republic of Germany presented the challenges they face, especially when it comes to creating an appropriate legal framework to ensure the proper use of artificial intelligence and reduce the impact of harmful consequences for mandatory social security institutions.
  
• March 27, 2025
  
  ZPIZ - Notification on adjustment of pensions and annual allowance to pension beneficiaries from the Republic of Slovenia
  
  The Institute for Pension and Disability Insurance of Slovenia has submitted a notification regarding the adjustment of pensions, according to which, starting from January 1, 2025, pensions in the Republic of Slovenia are regularly adjusted in the amount of 4,5%.
  
  In 2025, Slovenian competent institution will again pay an annual allowance to pension beneficiaries residing in the Republic of Serbia (and other countries).
  
  More detailed information on the annual allowance can be found on Slovenian competent institution website: https://www.zpiz.si/cms/content2019/letni-dodatek
  
• March 26, 2025
  
  INTERNATIONAL CONSULTING DAYS, SERBIA-AUSTRIA
  
  International consulting days between Republic Fund for Pension and Disability Insurance and Institute for Pension Insurance of the Republic of Austria will be held on April 8 and 9, 2025 in Belgrade. On that occasion, the experts of the pension insurance institutions of both countries, in direct contact and discussion, will provide appropriate expert assistance and advice to interested persons regarding the exercise of rights from pension and disability insurance, based on the work and periods of insurance completed in the Republic of Serbia and the Republic of Austria.
  
  Professional assistance is free and it is a common practice to organize it every year in Serbia in April and Austria in October in different cities with aim to inform interested persons about the conditions for exercising the rights from pension insurance, about the amount and payment of benefits, about the completed periods of insurance, about the status of the claims they submitted, as well as about other issues in this area.
  
  Persons interested in coming to the consulting days in Belgrade should register their arrival following the instructions given in the poster attached.
  
  Poster, Belgrade
  
• March 18, 2025
  
  MINISTRY OF SOCIAL WELFARE, FAMILY CARE AND DEMOGRAPHY OF MONTENEGRO - PENSION ADJUSTMENT
  
  The Ministry of Social Welfare, Family Care and Demography of Montenegro has submitted a notification that, as of January 1, 2025, pension benefits paid by the Fund for Pension and Disability Insurance of Montenegro have been adjusted in the amount of 6.85%.
  
• March 4, 2025
  
  PAYMENT OF PENSIONS FROM THE REPUBLIC OF GREECE
  
  The Greek competent institution, Electronic - National Social Security Fund (e - E.F.K.A.), has submitted a notification regarding the payment of Greek pensions to beneficiaries residing in the Republic of Serbia.
  
  According to the aforementioned notification, due to a technical problem regarding the payment of pensions to foreign bank accounts outside the SEPA interbank system (SEPA - Single Euro Payment Area) and in order to avoid further delays in their payment, the Greek competent institution previously proposed to the beneficiaries to submit account details opened with a Greek bank or, alternatively, a bank of another country within SEPA.
  
  As this technical problem was resolved at the end of December 2024, the Greek competent institution is once again able to pay pensions to beneficiaries to accounts opened in Serbian banks. Beneficiaries who have not received their Greek pension in the previous period for the above reason should provide the Greek competent institution with bank account details from a Serbian bank.
  
  The Greek competent institution asked for understanding for the situation that did not allow them to implement the provisions of the Agreement between the Republic of Serbia and the Republic of Greece on social security as required and for the inconvenience that Greek pension beneficiaries residing in the Republic of Serbia were exposed to.
  
• February 27, 2025
  
  DACHVERBAND DER ÖSTERREICHISCHEN SOZIALVERSICHERUNG (DVSV) – PENSION ADJUSTMENT
  
  Dachverband der österreichischen Sozialversicherung (DVSV) has submitted a notification regarding the adjustment of total pension income to which person was entitled on 31st of December 2024. According to the notification, as of January 1, 2025, total pension income up to 6.060,00 EUR will increase by 4,6%, and for total pension benefits whose amount exceeds 6.060,01 EUR the increase is 278,76 EUR.
  
• February 13, 2025
  
  TEMPORARY RELOCATION OF THE HEADQUARTERS OF THE PROVINCIAL FUND FOR PENSION AND DISABILITY INSURANCE NOVI SAD
  
  We would like to inform domestic and foreign social insurance institutions of countries with which the Republic of Serbia has signed international agreements on social insurance, as well as beneficiaries of rights and insured persons in the field of social insurance, that starting from March 1, 2025, the Provincial Fund for Pension and Disability Insurance Novi Sad will temporarily change its headquarters to a new location, Cara Dušana No. 6, 21000 Novi Sad.
  
  Starting from March 1, 2025, all written communications and documents should be sent to the above address.
  
• February 10, 2025
  
  FUND FOR PENSION AND DISABILITY INSURANCE OF THE REPUBLIKA SRPSKA - PENSIONS ADJUSTMENT
  
  The Fund for Pension and Disability Insurance of the Republikа Srpskа submitted a notification regarding the pensions adjustment, according to which, based on the Decision on determining the percentage for of pensions adjustment, starting from January 1, 2025, the pensions have been adjusted in the amount of 6%.