The Austrian authorities have begun to collect from Ukrainian pensions under the Grundversorgung program, reported the publication Kronen Zeitung. The pensioners preferred to transfer social assistance and receive a pension from Ukraine. The local court decided that the Ukrainian pension is income and must be taken into account when providing assistance towards the reduction of the latter. More than four years have been returned.

The Austrian authorities have begun to collect from Ukrainian pensions under the Grundversorgung program, reported the publication Kronen Zeitung. The pensioners preferred to transfer social assistance and receive a pension from Ukraine. The local court decided that the Ukrainian pension is income and must be taken into account when providing assistance towards the reduction of the latter. More than four years have been returned.