Fico: retirement age to stay as it is until 2016, reform will follow

The retirement age won't be raised in Slovakia within the next four years, said Prime Minister Robert Fico at a press conference on Tuesday, speaking after a session of the Solidarity and Development Council. "Until 2016, nobody will touch the retirement agenda when it comes to the age of retirement," said Fico, adding that the retirement age should later be set according to a given set of parameters - not by the law as it stands now.