About 1.7 million of Serbia’s 7 million citizens are retirees and the government spends 13 percent of GDP on pensions, World Bank data show. The average pension in Serbia, a candidate to join the European Union, is 190 euros, among the lowest in eastern Europe. Earlier this month, Serbia’s current Prime Minister Ana Brnabic said the government will raise pensions by five percent from January next year. Pensioners were also slated to receive a one-off payment of up to 5,000 Serbian dinars in 2017. Thеy dismissed the measures as insufficient.
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