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New data from the Swedish government’s statistics agency—Statistics Sweden—shows that income inequality in the country is now higher than at any other point in time since the agency began collecting this information in 1975.
Lithuania has made minor improvements in protection of human and social rights, NGOs say, but they are “tepid”.
A 62-year-old man is set to sue a Tokyo-based incorporated association set up to provide services for poor and unemployed people, claiming it actually preys on those it purports to help.
"At the current levels, benefits are not enough to lift people out of (relatively) poverty", the EU's advisory Social Protection Committee warned in 2022.
Europe is planning to introduce a so-called carbon tax on the use of fossil fuels for heating and transport, however, it raises concerns.