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How digital is your country? The performance of the European countries
March 6th, 2017
The 2017 Digital Economy and Society Index (DESI) shows that the EU is making progress but the gap between top digital players and lower-performing countries is still too wide. More efforts and investments are needed to make the most ...
Which country in Europe is the largest energy consumer and which are the least dependent
February 22nd, 2017
Energy consumption in the EU below its 1990 leveL… but EU dependency on fossil fuel imports on the rise In 2015, gross inland energy consumption, which reflects the energy quantities necessary to satisfy all inland consumption, amounted in the ...
A Seoul court has officially declared former shipping giant Hanjin bankrupt
February 18th, 2017
Embattled South Korean shipping giant Hanjin has finally been declared bankrupt. A South Korean court made the decision today that Hanjin Shipping, formerly the world’s seventh-largest container shipper, was officially bankrupt after ruling earlier in the month the firm’s ...
Alert: New wave of cyberattacks against global banks
February 13th, 2017
New wave of cyberattacks against global banks linked to Lazarus cybercrime group Dozens of banks, particularly in the United States and Poland, have been targeted by newly identified malware. An aggressive campaign of malware attacks against dozens of banks ...
These are the minimum wages in European countries
February 13th, 2017
Monthly minimum wages below €500 in east and well above €1000 in northwest As of 1st January 2017, 22 out of the 28 Member States of the European Union (EU) have national minimum wages: only Denmark, Italy, Cyprus, Austria, ...
Volume of retail trade down by 0.3% in euro area
February 8th, 2017
eurostat has issued a press release to inform in relation with the volume of retail trade in euro area and in EU28 for December 2016. In December 2016 compared with November 2016, the seasonally adjusted volume of retail trade ...
Euro area reports up in household income per capita
January 30th, 2017
In the euro area, in real terms, household income per capita increased by 0.2% in the third quarter of 2016, after an increase of also 0.2% in the previous quarter. Household real consumption per capita increased by 0.3% in ...
Welcome To One of The Most Pivotal Weeks In Modern American History
January 19th, 2017
Many are anticipating that a wonderful new era of peace and prosperity is just a few days away, but others are using terms such as “civil unrest” and “civil war” for what they believe is about to happen in ...
The highest and lowest unemployment rates in EU countries
January 12th, 2017
The euro area (EA19) seasonally-adjusted unemployment rate was 9.8% in November 2016, stable compared to October 2016 and down from 10.5% in November 2015. This is the lowest rate recorded in the euro area since July 2009. The EU28 ...
28.7% of EU GDP spent on social protection
December 28th, 2016
Since 2011, social protection expenditure in the European Union (EU) has increased slightly, from 28.3% of GDP in 2011 to 28.7% in 2014, according to data from Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union. In 2014, the two ...
