RIGA – The retirement age for women continued to creep higher last week – women can now collect a state pension only when they reach age 57. The retirement age for men remains unchanged at 60.This change is part of the far-reaching pension reform plan legislated in 1995. The reforms increased the minimum pension age for women from 55 to 56 in 1996. Additionally, the law prescribed 6-month increases in the pension age every year until the retirement age is the same for both sexes. The Latvian government, which implemented the latest increase for women July 1, said this is the situation in mo...
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