Serbia Pensioners Get 20,000 to 35,000 Dinars Monday
PIO Fund confirms a one-time payment of 20,000 to 35,000 dinars arrives Monday, September 14, based on August pension amounts, with no application required.
Between 20,000 and 35,000 dinars: that is the one-time cash payment the Republic Pension and Disability Insurance Fund (PIO Fund) is sending out starting Monday, September 14, to pension recipients across Serbia. The amount depends solely on the pension paid out for August 2026, not on the recipient’s current income.
Who gets how much
The PIO Fund set three thresholds:
- A pension up to 31,092.11 dinars brings aid of 35,000 dinars.
- A pension from 31,092.12 to 56,822.00 dinars brings 27,500 dinars.
- A pension above 56,822.00 dinars brings 20,000 dinars.
About 1.66 million pension recipients qualify for the measure, which comes with a budget of 377.2 million euros. No application is needed. The payment is issued automatically from the Fund’s records. Recipients who get their pension through a bank account will see the money there that day, while those who collect their pension at home will get the payment delivered the same day, September 14, by Serbia’s Post Office.
Alongside this payout, a separate and smaller payment of 6,000 dinars is also going out during September, and it likewise requires no application. Serbian newspapers previously reported that 877,525 applications had come in for that aid, and that the first complaints from recipients had already surfaced.
PIO Fund director tours several districts ahead of payout
Ahead of the payout, PIO Fund director Relja Ognjenovic joined representatives of the Alliance of Pensioners of Serbia (SAPENS) on a tour of several districts, at town hall events organized by the PIO Fund, SAPENS and local governments, together with partners Postanska Stedionica Bank and Dunav Insurance.
Town halls in Pirot and Babusnica, held on September 3, drew more than 550 pension recipients. A few days earlier, in the Zlatibor District, meetings in Uzice and Pozega attracted about 500 pensioners, where Ognjenovic noted that the average pension in Uzice had grown from 25,700 dinars in 2012 to 62,000 dinars today.
In Pirot, Ognjenovic said:
On September 14 they will have the money in their accounts, but Serbia’s Post Office will deliver the aid that same day to those who receive it at home.
He also added that the payout is not being financed through borrowing:
This is your money, which we saved through responsible management, and now we are returning it to you. The state did not borrow to fund this aid.
Zajecar, Zlot and Boljevac: over 600 pensioners at three town halls
The largest turnout was recorded at three town halls in the Zajecar and Bor districts: events in Zajecar, Zlot and Boljevac together drew more than 600 pension recipients.
Speaking to pensioners in Zajecar, home to about 16,000 pension recipients according to PIO Fund data, Ognjenovic recalled that the average pension there stood at 21,000 dinars in 2012 and has since risen above 52,700 dinars, an increase of more than 150 percent. He also announced a further pension increase:
This shows that the state continuously cares for our pensioners, and we don’t intend to stop there. In the coming days we will announce a new pension increase that will please all our pensioners. We are finishing the payout of August pensions, and on September 14 the payout of the largest aid package for our pensioners begins.
The payout, described at the town halls as the largest one-time aid package to date, comes right after the regular August pension payments wrap up, with the announcement of a further pension increase expected in the coming days.
