Latvia

Latvian welfare minister: Some 15,000 young people not studying or working

October 1, 2024

Latvian Welfare Minister Uldis Augulis (Latvian Alliance of the Green Party and Farmers Union, ZZS) declared in an interview on Latvian Public Television this morning that there are some 15,000 [..]

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 [..]

Estonia

Estonian govt to approve increase of minimum salary from next year – the minimum monthly wage for full-time employment will be 820 euros

December 7, 2023

The Estonian government on Thursday will confirm the increase in the minimum wage from the new year, which was agreed upon by the representatives of the Estonian Trade Union Confederation [..]

Estonia

Nearly 19,800 people receive unemployment insurance benefit in Estonia in Q3; average unemployment insurance benefit – 684 euros

November 22, 2023

19,799 people received an unemployment insurance benefit in the third quarter of this year, 24 percent more than during the same quarter last year and 0.2 percent more than in [..]