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 ...

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, ...

At the same time, many Eastern and Southern European nations have slashed their poverty rates by dozens of percentage points, ...

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of child poverty rates across Nordic countries and the UK has been made on social media by using incorrect and out-of-date data.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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

As climate ambitions falter, Europe's unique framework for linking social and ecological goals may prove more resilient—and ...

Billionaires in the 19 countries that are part of the grouping made $2.2 trillion last year as their combined wealth grew to ...

I keep in my desk drawer a cherished remembrance of my baptism. It is the thin gold necklace and medallion of the Blessed Mother that was given to me by a former archbishop of Washington, Cardinal ...