The government proposes to scrap the “widows’/widowers’ pension”
The current scheme with supplementary pensions for widows and widowers should be removed, the government believes. Women are the losers, according to the Pensioners’ Association…
The current scheme with supplementary pensions for widows and widowers should be removed, the government believes. Women are the losers, according to the Pensioners’ Association…
Several disabled and old-age pensioners who earned their pensionable income from time spent in other EEA countries lost part of their pensions in 2014. Now…
Refugees residing in Norway are now entitled to rights that otherwise require 40 years of membership in the national insurance scheme. But this will soon…
Single people on the minimum pension now receive an extra NOK 4,000 in annual pension, and will get the money for the first time on…
The way out of oil price volatility Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) daily basket price for oil was hovering around $58.67 a barrel…
Refugees get equal to pension rights for 40 years Refugees residing in Norway are entitled to rights that otherwise require 40 years of membership in…
One in four Norwegians have never checked their pension,and the low wage earners are overrepresented in that group according to a new survey. The…
Agreement on pension for 800,000 working for state and municipality After long, nightly negotiations, there is agreement on a public pension scheme for 800,000 Norwegian…
Many Norwegians does not believe the pension will be enough 55 per cent of Norwegians believe the retirement pension alone will not meet their needs when they…
Today is the start of a new pension savings scheme, with tax benefits (IPS), but few Norwegians know about the benefits of the new scheme….
Life certificates for 2017 are sent to recipients of retirement and disability pension, who are registered as living abroad. The reply deadline for submitting a…
You save for retirement? Then check the fees on your pension savings, says the Consumer Council. Annually, Norwegian consumers pay 300 million in fees. But…
Norway lacks more than 1.200 billion to get the state pension funds in balance with the state’s pension obligations. Since January, the coverage increased by…
Around 70,000 pensioners living by themselves om the minimum pensions will get more money from 1 September. But the Pensioners’ Association is not satisfied. In…
The average pension payment from Nav decreased in 2015, after over 20 years of increase. The probable reason is that more people are taking out…