In most European countries, the average income of people over 65 is lower than that of the total population, according to the OECD. In several cases, elderly incomes fall below 80% of the national ...

A misleading comparison of child poverty rates across Nordic countries and the UK has been made on social media by using incorrect and out-of-date data. A Sept. 11 post, opens new tab titled “Child ...

Across Britain, families that once felt solidly middle class are losing their footing as rents, child care costs and food prices outpace wages.

In this article, we discuss the 20 poorest countries in Europe. If you want to see the top poorest countries in this region, check out 5 Poorest Countries in Europe. As per Eurostat’s findings, ...

Much of the world doesn’t have a clue what to do about child poverty, or even when to do it. In the UK the Labour government recently delayed its flagship policy on tackling the issue until the autumn ...

The aim of this paper is to analyse dynamically the three indicators of poverty and social exclusion covered by the EU2020 poverty target, while focusing on state dependence and feedback effects. We ...

THE regions of Calabria, Lucania and Apulia are the Achilles heel of Italy and perhaps of Western Europe as a whole. Their problem is basically agrarian, and it is intricate because of endless local ...

PRIZREN, Kosovo -- The smell of sizzling meat wafts through the air of the cobblestoned streets of Prizren, as locals and tourists alike soak up the atmosphere of one of Kosovo's more picturesque ...

NAPLES, Italy — For thousands of U.S. military families, an overseas assignment means living on the edge of poverty. In Europe, nearly 7,000 U.S. service members or their spouses or children were in ...

GENEVA, Sept 25, (UNHCR) - The UN refugee agency today identified loss of hope and appalling living conditions as major factors behind the recent spike in the number of Syrian refugees from the region ...