Pre-1989 dissidents to receive average pensions from 2024

Communist-era dissidents are set to receive average old-age pensions from next year, regardless of whether they made contributions for long enough, under an amendment approved by the Czech government on Wednesday. People certified for having resisted the Communist regime will see below-average pensions automatically topped up, Labour and Social Affairs Minister Marian Jurečka said after a cabinet session.

Recently former dissidents protested outside the Office of the Government over the fact many of their cohort have been receiving relatively low pensions, often related to their mistreatment before 1989.