Government pensions and social security

People attend the Communist Party rally protesting retirement age hikes in Moscow, Russia, Sunday, Sept. 2, 2018. Several thousand people gathered in central Moscow on Sunday for a protest organized by the Communist Party and other demonstrations were reported in Vladivostok in the Far East and Barnaul and Novosibirsk in Siberia. (AP Photo/Pavel Golovkin)
September 02, 2018 - 5:07 am

Russians Rally Against Change In Pension Age

MOSCOW (AP) — Russians held rallies throughout the country Sunday to protest a government plan to raise the age for receiving state pensions. Several thousand people gathered in central Moscow for a protest organized by the Communist Party. Another Moscow protest organized by the A Just Russia...
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Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks during a meeting with local officials in Omsk, Russia, Tuesday, Aug. 28, 2018. (Alexei Druzhinin, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)
August 29, 2018 - 3:48 am

Facing Protests, Russia's Putin Offers Pension Concessions

MOSCOW (AP) — In a rare televised address Wednesday, Russia's President Vladimir Putin offered some concessions to a package of pension reforms that have hit his approval ratings. Putin said the new retirement age for women will be raised to 60 from the current 55, instead of the 63 previously...
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Cristhian Bahena Rivera is escorted into the Poweshiek County Courthouse for his initial court appearance, Wednesday, Aug. 22, 2018, in Montezuma, Iowa. Rivera is charged with first-degree murder in the death of Mollie Tibbetts, who disappeared July 18 from Brooklyn, Iowa. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)
August 22, 2018 - 8:54 pm

The Latest: Experts Say Legal Status System Easily Exploited

MONTEZUMA, Iowa (AP) — The Latest on a man who is accused in the kidnapping and killing of an Iowa college student (all times local): 5:25 p.m. Experts say the systems offered by the U.S. government to check the legal status of workers like the Mexican man now accused of killing an Iowa college...
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Cristhian Bahena Rivera is escorted into the Poweshiek County Courthouse for his initial court appearance, Wednesday, Aug. 22, 2018, in Montezuma, Iowa. Rivera is charged with first-degree murder in the death of Mollie Tibbetts, who disappeared July 18 from Brooklyn, Iowa. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)
August 22, 2018 - 6:54 pm

Mexican Man Charged In Iowa Slaying Worked Under Fake Name

BROOKLYN, Iowa (AP) — A Mexican man charged with killing an Iowa college student worked on a dairy farm for years under a false name just a few miles from where the young woman was allegedly abducted while running last month, his employer said Wednesday. Cristhian Bahena Rivera was a good employee...
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A man steps on a portrait of Russian President Vladimir Putin during an opposition rally in Moscow, Russia, Sunday, July 29, 2018. Tens of thousands of demonstrators have rallied throughout Russia this weekend to protest plans to substantially hike the age at which Russian men and women can receive their state retirement pensions. (AP Photo/Pavel Golovkin)
July 29, 2018 - 9:50 am

3 Arrested After Russian Opposition Rally On Pension Age

MOSCOW (AP) — Three Russian opposition leaders were detained by police minutes after a demonstration to protest a government plan to raise the age for receiving state retirement pensions ended Sunday. The demonstration in central Moscow had been authorized by city authorities and attracted...
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July 28, 2018 - 6:57 am

Tens Of Thousands Of Russians Protest Retirement Age Hikes

MOSCOW (AP) — Tens of thousands of demonstrators have rallied throughout Russia to protest plans to substantially hike the age at which Russian men and women can receive their state retirement pensions. A crowd estimated at more than 10,000 attended a protest in Moscow that was called by the...
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July 01, 2018 - 3:26 am

Russians Rally Against Raising Pension Ages for Men, Women

MOSCOW (AP) — Opponents of the Russian government's proposal to raise the eligibility ages for state pensions are demonstrating throughout the country. Several hundred people held an unsanctioned rally in the Pacific port city of Vladivostok. Other authorized rallies took place Sunday in the Far...
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In this Thursday, June 28, 2018 photo, the columns of the 444 BC ancient marble Temple of Poseidon are illuminated, at Cape Sounion, in south of Athens. Greece has significantly improved its economy as it heads toward the end of its bailout program in August, but its debt pile will remain difficult to manage in the long term, the International Monetary Fund said Friday. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)
June 29, 2018 - 4:41 am

IMF: Greek Economy Improved, But May Need More Debt Relief

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greece has significantly improved its economy as it heads toward the end of its bailout program in August, but its debt will remain difficult to manage in the long term, the International Monetary Fund said Friday. The IMF said the country would emerge from its bailout "having...
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