Opposition to pension changes rejected by Romanian court

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ROMANIA - Romania's Constitutional Court has rejected opposition challenges to pension changes vital to the terms of an international bailout loan.

  The court, which in June rejected a government plan to cut pensions, ruled that raising the retirement age to 65 for both men and women and future inflation-tied pensions were constitutional. ...

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