Retirement widow 2025. Thousands of women have already applied. How to combine it with retirement and gain

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On 1 July, they start paying the widow’s pension – benefits that let you to combine the household pension after the deceased spouse with your own pension. To date, over 800,000 applications for widow's pension have already been received by the Social safety Office, of which almost 90% have been submitted by women. Who precisely are entitled to the widow’s pension, and what conditions must they meet to receive it?