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Torralba de Ribota is lucky in many ways. It might seem to be in the middle of nowhere but it’s a short drive from the town ...
A total of 40% of Spanish tenants spend more than 30% of their income on housing, surpassing the threshold that defines ...
Pedro Sánchez's socialist government, severely weakened by corruption, has begun to undermine Spain's unity. A huge socialist ...
Some of the world’s richest countries experienced sharp increases in child poverty between 2014 and 2021, according to data published by UNICEF’s research office Innocenti. Spain’s rate remains stable ...
Almost one in three children in the UK live in poverty and the report comes as the government faces growing pressure to scrap the two-child benefit limit. View on euronews ...
The world's nations are gathering in Spain for a high-level conference to tackle the growing gap between rich and poor countries and drum up the trillions of dollars needed to close it.
Pensioners tend to face greater financial difficulty in Eastern Europe, while poverty rates are generally lower in Nordic and Western European countries. Switzerland and the UK are outliers here, ...
However, Switzerland (19.8%) and the UK (14.9%) stand out with relatively high pensioner poverty rates. Among Europe’s five largest economies, the UK has the highest rate, followed closely by Germany ...
World Bank Malawi says following the upward revision of the international poverty line (IPL) for low-income countries, including Malawi, to $3 (about K5 253) per person per day, Malawi’s poverty rate ...
Jamaica is celebrating historically-low poverty rates, with its 2023 numbers becoming the lowest ever recorded since 1989.