TIRANA, September 21/ATA/ Minister of State for Relations with the Parliament Elisa Spiropali stated today that the government will index all pensions starting on October 1 at the rate of 8.6%
The minister underlined that the pensions have been constantly indexed since 2018.
“The government has quickly addressed the problem of rising prices and inflation due to the war in Ukraine and changes in the world economy. As every year, this year we have also taken the decision to index pensions starting on October 1 at the rate of 8.6% for all pensions. This increase covers price changes for the period August 2022, until August 2023”, said Spiropali, while she added that, “The consumer price index for the same period for the total population was 6.1%”.
The minister said further on that, “This testifies the moral obligation for this part of the population and at the same time the compensation of the increase in the price of goods consumed by pensioners”./r.e/p.s./
