Poverty

Relative poverty down but single parents’ situation worsens in Estonia

The number of people unable to afford a standard living decreased last year, but relative poverty among single-parent families and absolute poverty both increased. Relative poverty refers to a situation [..]

Lithuania’s new government set its sights on fighting poverty – but will it be enough?

By Reda Gilytė, LRT TV, LRT.lt. Lithuania’s new government has pledged to raise pensions and child benefits as part of its program to combat poverty, but lawmakers and anti-poverty organisations [..]

126,000 people in Latvia have legal incomes below EUR 1,000 per year – new Revenue Service head

The newly appointed Director General of the State Revenue Service Baiba Smite-Roke said in an interview with commercial TV3 television today legal income of 126,000 people in Latvia does not [..]