Hungary
Hungary is a 9.71 million population landlocked country, bordered by Slovakia, Ukraine, Romania, Serbia, Croatia, Slowenia and Austria. Most of these states belonged until 1918 to the…
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November 19, 2024
Lithuania
Lithuania has a population of 2.8 million people, including about 177,000 Russians as an ethnic minority. The Russian-speaking population in Lithuania is concentrated in the capital Vilnius.Statistically…
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November 19, 2024
Slovenia
Slovenia, surrounded by Italy, Austria, Hungary and Croatia, has a population of 2.1 million inhabitants. In 2019, 12,2% (N=120.626) of the Slovenian population had arrears on key…
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July 12, 2023
Latvia
The Republic of Latvia is a country in Northern Europe, on the eastern coast of the Baltic Sea. It is one of the three Baltic states and…
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June 15, 2023
Denmark
In Denmark free debt advice is provided mainly by NGO’s and some municipalities. Generally, the NGOs provide debt advice on any debt a debtor may have whereas…
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March 28, 2023
Germany
Germany is a federal republic with 16 federal states and 84,3 million inhabitants. 6 millions of them (~8,5%) are over-indebted, that means they are not able to…
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March 8, 2023
Netherlands
Debt advice in the Netherlands is legally a task for the local municipalities. The local council must establish a plan for integral debt help for the citizens…
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February 16, 2023
Greece
In Greece, debt related advice is provided by stakeholders of both the private and the public sector. However, the lack of a certain and specialized legal framework…
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February 16, 2023
Ireland
Addressing Personal Debt in Ireland The State-funded Money Advice and Budgeting Service (MABS) is the main source of free, independent advice and support for citizens experiencing over-indebtedness…
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February 15, 2023
Malta
A Eurofound research report states 2020 that Malta has a particularly weak tradition of debt advice and that like in Bulgaria, Hungary, Cyprus, in Malta close to…
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February 15, 2023