poverty

Trade disruptions and inflation are weighing on firms and households, threatening to derail Europe's recovery and push many citizens into poverty. The slowdown in growth is particularly pronounced in countries in close proximity to…

One in two children in Romania is abused, and 41.5% of children are at risk of poverty or social exclusion, the highest rate in the European Union, while 45% of girls under 15 become mothers in EU countries come from Romania, according to…

Half of the families in Romania cannot afford to buy a Christmas present for their children. One in six parents does not even have 10 lei available to offer the little ones something symbolic, for the  winter holidays, says a survey…

The protracted COVID-19 pandemic has seriously affected Romania’s economic activity and household incomes in the short-run, says the World Bank’s Human Capital Index. "A proactive but constrained fiscal response supported firms to retain…

Child mortality has significantly dropped in Romania in the past years, but there is still an obvious gap among counties, and between urban and rural areas, reads the latest report by the "Save the Children" NGO. The report shows that…

Europeans have an average of EUR 14,739 per person available for spending and saving in 2019, reads the latest study “GfK Purchasing Power Europe 2019”. However, disposable net income among the 42 studied countries varies significantly:…

Minister for Diaspora, Natalia Intotero, has announced on Wednesday that the latest official statistics revealed that about 9.7 million Romanians are living abroad, stressing that the main emigration reasons are related to corruption, the…

Leaders of the USR-PLUS Alliance 2020 have criticised the Social Democrat Party on Sunday during their first electoral rally for the upcoming elections, held in Unirii Square in Cluj Napoca. According to the organisers, over 4,000 attended…

Promenada has launched the second edition of „The Empty Shop,” a campaign meant to change lives and help people in need through donations of clothes. The campaign is initiated by Promenada Mall, part of the NEP Rockcastle Group, in…

While in Bucharest on Friday to present the Country Report for Romania released by the European Commission on February 27, European Commissioner for Regional Policy, Corina Cretu has launched new criticism against the ruling power in…