Poll: regions are happier

A new STEM poll suggests that an increasing number of people are happy with the situation in their region and believe that it is improving. The poll comes in the wake of local elections to be held in mid-October. According to the poll, 47% of people believe that the situation in their region has improved in the last eight years – four years ago, the figure was a mere 30%. The numbers of those who responded that they felt the situation in their region was getting worse has fallen meanwhile, from 17% to 16%.