Pension system

In Romania, two pieces of news – good and bad – became known on Friday. The average real pension in 2025 exceeded 2,900 Romanian lei, increasing in nominal terms by 14%. This was the first real increase since 2016.

Another EU state has signed an Agreement on Social Security with Moldova. According to it, Moldovan citizens who officially worked in Slovakia will be able to receive pensions and other social benefits from this state.

At today’s meeting, the government approved a draft, according to which pensions and social benefits will rise by 6.84% on April 1 this year.

February 20, the National Commission on Financial Market (NCFM) approved the creation of a voluntary pension fund “ARAGONN”. The administrator of the fund is the company ARAGONN GRUP JSC, which was founded by the insurance company ASTERRA GRUP JSC.

The personal social insurance accounts of former employees of dormant companies will be updated with data on the contributions they paid to the state budget. They will be entered on the basis of tax documents and declarations related to this period, Logos Press reports.