Support grows in fight against rising poverty levels

  • 2012-02-08
  • From wire reports
TALLINN - As more than a fifth of Estonian residents live below the poverty line and too many people are at risk of poverty, a swift increase in subsistence benefits could improve the situation that has developed, says the European Anti-Poverty Network (EAPN), reports Postimees Online.Organizations that are united through the European Anti-Poverty Network urged the government and Riigikogu to raise the subsistence minimum, if possible, in the 2012 supplementary State budget already as a first measure for relieving poverty in connection with the fast growth in food prices.“G...
 
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