In Serbia, thousands of people live without a roof over their heads. On the occasion of the International Day against Homelessness, humanitarian organizations demand more concrete support measures
The members of the Serbian Parliament adopted the Law on Parents-Caregivers. It introduces the right to the status of parent, carer and carer, as well as a monthly financial allowance of 65.000 dinars, with the payment of contributions for health, pension and disability insurance
For parents of children with developmental disabilities, the issue of employability comes with concerns about the future. How to protect a child and not deny him the right to decide on his own life?
When the need to accumulate things breaks through the boundaries of one's home, a collective misfortune emerges from a private misfortune. The institutions have no answer, the neighbors live in hell, and the person who accumulates things becomes condemned to isolation
The public debate on the Draft Law on Parents-Caregivers begins. Opinions are divided, numerous criticisms are coming
Although the state has raised the threshold for child allowance, this aid "cannot feed a child in Serbia for even a week, let alone a whole month", the Center for Mothers told "Vreme"
In Serbia, at least a quarter of people barely make ends meet, and the number of absolutely poor countries is deliberately not published. Those people, says the interlocutor of "Vremen", are condemned to false promises and political blackmail of the authorities, and to life with their noses just above water.
While the public authorities are leading a pro-natal policy, basic regulations for child care are lacking. What is missing and what are the data?
After the statement by the President of Serbia, Aleksandar Vučić, that the poor in Serbia live significantly better than before, we asked the question: on the basis of what information did he arrive at that data and how does Serbia measure poverty in general
The strike is slowly spreading through Serbia. The suspension of the work of workers in the social protection system was announced for February 14. What is the position of the workers? What are their problems? Is this system also in crisis?
The minimum wage in Serbia this year is about 47.000 dinars, and the proposal of the Association of Independent Trade Unions of Serbia is that it will be 61.858 dinars next year.
The UNICEF poverty projection in Serbia for 2023 shows that 12,1 percent of Serbian citizens, about 800.000 people, are in absolute poverty. And for fifteen years, the state has not had a Social Protection Strategy that would improve services and social security. In addition, the system lacks from 700 to 1000 professional staff
"I will fight so that the killer's sister does not get custody, who said she was guilty of not killing my Olga herself." This is what Ljiljana Antić told "Blic" in 2017, who fought for her grandchildren after her daughter was killed by her husband. Seven years later, more than 200 femicides occurred in Serbia, according to data from the Autonomous Women's Center (AŽC).
Prices in state nursing homes are thirty percent higher as of this February. "It would be ideal if the state would pay extra for people who cannot afford a home," Radoslav Milovanović, President of the Association of Private Social Welfare Institutions, told Vreme.
The Protector of Citizens, Zoran Pašalić, initiated, on his own initiative, the procedure to assess the legality and regularity of the work of the City Center for Social Work in Belgrade upon learning that a malnourished two-year-old child was successfully resuscitated yesterday.
Hundreds of thousands of unemployed and low-income citizens in Italy will have their social assistance suspended starting today, as they were informed via text messages. This measure, launched by Giuseppe Conte's government in March 2019, aimed to provide support to the poorest who received around 550 euros per month
The current president of the USA announced the start of the campaign with the term "freedom". Until November 2024 and the election, Biden will focus his campaign on the issues of abortion rights, the defense of democracy, voting rights and the social safety net.
In his pre-election speeches, Ivica Dačić talks about pensioners who do not exist in Serbia. Last year, about 600.000 of them received a pension of less than 20.000 dinars. Complaints that came to the Office of the Commissioner for Protection of Equality last year and refer to discrimination based on age are in second place.
