17 January 2026 - Update of Retirees Email List

The Retirees Email Addresses listing has been updated with the latest information.

Happy and Healthy 2026

31  December 2025 - Update of Retirees Email List

The Retirees Email Addresses listing has been updated with the latest information.

26 November 2025 - Update of Retirees Email List

The Retirees Email Addresses listing has been updated with the latest information.

25 November 2025 -  CERN Pension Fund Meeting

The viewgraphs of the CERN Pension Fund Annual Information Meeting (see previous News item d.d. 6 November 2025) are now available on the Documents and Presentations page, which also includes a link to the meeting recordings (restricted access). 

6 November 2025 – Annual Meeting CERN Pensions Fund (update)

The Annual Information Meeting (AIM) presented by the CEO of the CERN pension fund will be held in the Telescopium (i.e. "old") auditorium on Wednesday 19 November 2025 at 15:00. Additional information is now available on the Documents and Presentations page (restricted access).

28 October 2025 – Year-End Event in Germany and Garching Children's Christmas Party (update)

For your information, the Garching Year End party 2025 will take place on Saturday 6 December from 19:00 at the Brotspielerei in Puchheim. The invitations with the details about progamme,  location and travel arrangements has been sent out this week by ESO Human Resources. 

Further, the ESO Garching International Staff Association Children's Christmas Party will take place on Friday, 12 December 2025! Everyone is invited: ISMs, PAs, UPAs, Fellows, Students, retirees, contractors, and family members. Details have already been sent in a recent email from Nathalie Kastelyn.

07 October 2025 - Update of Retirees Email List

The Retirees Email Addresses listing has been updated with the latest information.

5 October 2025 – Shift of CERN Pension Payment

On the matter of a shift of the CERN pension payment date (as announced in a letter from the CERN pension fund sent in June), the formal final decision is still pending. In fact, there seems to be pressure from "higher up" not to give up this idea "too easily" (i.e. after the objection expressed by the GAC-EPA committee). For that reason, the GAC-EPA committee will soon send a message to all GAC-EPA members (i.e. the majority of you), asking for their opinion. As this is a matter for all CERN pension fund beneficiaries, I will likely distribute this message as well to the non GAC-EPA members from ESO, to get also the reaction of these pensioners (and demonstrating at the same time how GAC-EPA is involved in defending the interests of the CERN pension fund beneficiaries - see also below). We count on your prompt reaction.

5 October 2025 – Annual Meeting CERN Pensions Fund

The Annual Information Meeting (AIM) presented by the CEO of the CERN pension fund will be held in the Telescopium (i.e. "old") auditorium on Wednesday 19 November 2025 at 15:00. Additional information - including the corresponding Microsoft Teams link to follow this presentation remotely - will surely be communicated by HR in due time.
For the ones not able to attend on that date/time, the AIM will also be presented at CERN on Tuesday 14 October. The details of that meeting (incl. the Zoom link) can be found via the GAC-EPA website.