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European Commission to set paternity leave rules
April 27th, 2017
Commission readies new parental leave rules to replace axed maternity bill Two years after the European Commission scrapped its own proposal for new EU maternity leave rules, the EU executive is getting ready to replace it with new measures, ...
How the house prices in each European country changed
April 10th, 2017
Fourth quarter of 2016 compared with fourth quarter of 2015 House prices up by 4.1% in the euro area Up by 4.7% in the EU. House prices, as measured by the House Price Index, rose by 4.1% in the ...
The hourly labour costs in EU countries; lowest in Bulgaria (€4.4) and highest in Denmark (€42.0)
April 6th, 2017
Hourly labour costs ranged from €4.4 to €42.0 across the EU Member States in 2016 Lowest in Bulgaria and Romania, highest in Denmark and Belgium In 2016, average hourly labour costs in the whole economy (excluding agriculture and public ...
How European Union households energy consumption covered; electricity 25%
March 30th, 2017
Lighting, heating, transport, industrial output: energy is vital for essential day-to-day services, without which we and our businesses cannot function. Turning on our computers or starting our cars are actions that we take for granted, yet they represent the ...
6 percent of Europeans shop online every day
March 29th, 2017
Europeans are quite active in the ecommerce market. One in four Europeans with internet access shopped online at least once a week last year, while over 60 percent shopped online once a month. And 6 percent of Europeans shop ...
European banks stashing billions in tax havens
March 27th, 2017
Europe’s largest banks are draining public coffers by stashing billions of profits offshore. A 52-page report, by international aid agency Oxfam out on Monday (27 March), estimates €25 billion of banker money ended up in tax havens in 2015. ...
The Netherlands and some Nordic countries jail less in Europe
March 21st, 2017
Europe’s prison population falls, but there is no progress in tackling overcrowding, says annual Council of Europe survey The number of people held in European prisons decreased by 6.8% from 2014 to 2015, although prison overcrowding remained a problem ...
Brexit: The rights of Europeans living in the UK
March 6th, 2017
Ever since the Brexit referendum EU citizens in the UK and UK nationals living in other EU countries face uncertainty about their ability to stay where they are. The British government has so far refused to guarantee the rights ...
5 Reasons to be excited about European Stocks
February 27th, 2017
After years in the doldrums, European stocks seem poised to break out of their trading rut and possibly outperform the U.S. equity market this year. Eurozone politics and sluggish economic growth have not been kind to European stocks in ...
Key elements of the European Union budget for 2018
February 23rd, 2017
Introduction The Council considers that the budget for 2018 should provide adequate resources to continue supporting the traditional and evolving priorities within the Union, namely the recovery of the European economy, to address humanitarian and security challenges both within ...
