M.V. Ptukha Institute for Demography and Social Studies under the Institute of National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine predicts that Ukraine's population may shrink by 5.5 million people by 2050, according to the Ukrainian weekly publication Dzerkalo Tyzhnia (Mirror Weekly).
Ukrainian Prime Minister Volodymyr Groysman says the government will seek an increase in pensions for nine million retirees and automatic review of pension benefits in line with inflation and average wages, as well as plans to make pensions exempt from taxes and keep the retirement age at 60 as part of the pension reform that will pass its second reading in parliament this fall.
Thursday morning, Ukraine’s greatest boxer Wladimir Klitschko announced his retirement. His career will go down in history of boxing and professional sports in general. UNIAN recalls the most significant milestones on the path of the Ukrainian champion.
Former heavyweight world champion Wladimir Klitschko has retired from boxing – ruling out a rematch with Britain's Anthony Joshua, according to the BBC.
The bill on pension reform has passed its first reading in the Verkhovna Rada, Ukraine's parliament.
The new pension reform developed by Ukraine's government suggests that Ukrainians who have reached the retirement age but lack the required length of pensionable service will be able to "buy" up to five years of pension insurance record, according to the governmental portal.