It opens the way for the payment of retrospectives up to 2,500 euros (on average) and to retired workers, in which even increases are foreseen. In particular, the recalculation of pension is at the heart of the changes planned by the Ministry of Labour. The regulation promoted concerns tens of thousands of pensioners who continued to work after retirement and [...]

# Record of retirement claims in the first quarter of 2026

A total of 58,213 new retirement applications were filed in January–March 2026, according to e-EFKA data, scoring a record from 2017. Professor Alexis Mitropoulos, President of the Union for the Protection of Labour and the Social State, points to an increase of 10,172 applications compared to 2025. The main factors of the output are fear of increasing age limits from 1-1-2027 through «Prosecution clause», changes in the acquisition of fictitious time and the calculation of a pension based on the whole working life.

The 89-year-old who was at the centre of publicity received pensions from the US and Germany, but not from Greece. According to the president of the employees of the EPKA, the elderly is not entitled to a Greek pension. The case highlights the issue of multiple pensions from different countries and the pension rules applicable to those who have worked abroad, receiving benefits from other states' pension systems.

EPKA announced that May 2026 pensions would be paid earlier than originally planned. Pensioners of the Funds (OAEE, OGA, EBRD) and beneficiaries of principal and auxiliary pensions in the private sector will be paid on Friday, April 24, while pensioners of the Funds (IKA-ETAM, banks, PPC, OTE) and the State on Monday, April 27. The amounts will be credited to the accounts from the afternoon of the previous day, speeding up the initial proposal providing for payments on 27 and 29 April.