In addition to the July pension, the elderly also receive the increase due to the previous six months and the 13th month's pension. Government spokesperson Alexandra Szentkirályi reported on this on her social media page.

Along with the July pension, the elderly will also receive the increase due to the previous six months and the 13th monthly pension, wrote Alexandra Szentkirályi on her Facebook page.

Gergely Gulyás, the minister in charge of the Prime Minister's Office, announced in a Government Info at the end of April that the government decided on an extraordinary pension increase.

As of July 1, pensions will be increased by an additional 3.9 percent, so pensions will be increased by a total of 8.9 percent - it was revealed at the time, and then Viktor Orbán signed the decree to that effect. At the time, the prime minister said that prices are rising because of the war, inflation is increasing, and the government wants to protect pensioners.

Source: Magyar Hírlap

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