Estonia

Statistics: 41 pct of women in Estonia experience intimate partner violence

April 3, 2024

A large-scale relationship survey conducted by Statistics Estonia reveals that 41 percent of women in Estonia have experienced intimate partner violence during their lifetime. Jana Bruns, project manager at the [..]

Estonia

Statistics Estonia: 1 in 3 men experience intimate partner violence

February 2, 2024

A large-scale relationship survey conducted by Statistics Estonia reveals that 33 percent of men, that is, one in three men in Estonia, have experienced intimate partner violence during their lifetime. [..]

Latvia

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

January 31, 2024

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 [..]

Lithuania

LGBT, Roma discrimination prevalent in Lithuania, but things are improving – Eurobarometer

January 29, 2024

Discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation, age and Roma ethnicity is the most widespread type of discrimination in Lithuania, but the situation is getting better, according to a new [..]

Lithuania

70 pct of Lithuanian against universal conscription of women, men – survey (media)

January 24, 2024

70 percent of the Lithuanian population would not support the introduction of universal conscription of men and women, according to a new survey commissioned by the country’s public broadcaster LRT. [..]

Latvia

Inflation and healthcare main problems in Latvia – Eurobarometer

January 22, 2024

Almost half or 49 percent of Latvian residents consider price growth, inflation and the cost of living to be the most important problems in the country, according to a Eurobarometer [..]

Lithuania

7 out of 10 people in Lithuania against voting from age of 16 – survey (media)

December 18, 2023

Seven out of 10 people in Lithuania do not think that voting in municipal council and mayoral elections should be allowed from the age of 16, according to a survey [..]

Latvia

Increasingly more residents of Latvia stressed out over war in Ukraine and economic situation in Latvia – survey

December 13, 2023

Increasingly more residents of Latvia feel stressed out over the war in Ukraine and the economic situation in Latvia, according to a survey on the resilience of residents and the [..]

Estonia

Estonia: Number of people living in absolute poverty rises 2.5 times on year in 2022

November 10, 2023

According to Statistics Estonia, 22.5 percent of Estonia’s population lived at risk of poverty and 3.5 percent in absolute poverty in 2022 and compared with 2021, the share of people [..]

Latvia

New wave of anti-Semitism could be expected in Europe – expert

October 18, 2023

A new wave of anti-Semitism and more widespread protests could be expected in Europe, Maris Andzans, director of the Center for Geopolitical Studies and vice-rector of Vidzeme University of Applied [..]