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Saturday, April 21st, 2018
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 Can you afford to pay for health services? In 2016, the majority of households (71%) in the European Union were able to pay the costs for health services with ease. The share of households who reported that they could pay for these services ‘fairly easily’ was 22%, ‘easily’ 18%, or ‘very easily’ 31%. The remaining 29% of households reported that they had ‘some’ (16%), ‘moderate’ (8%) or ‘great’ (4%) difficulty paying for health service costs. Source: ec.europa.eu share
 
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 How digital are you? Do you access the internet from your smartphone? Do you use social networks such as Facebook or Instagram, or make online calls via FaceTime and Skype? What about online shopping - did you order something over the internet during the past year? Source: ec.europa.eu share
 
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 Work beats study for 25% of university drop-outs Over 3 million young people in the European Union (EU) had been to university or college but had discontinued their studies at some point in their life, according to a survey of 2016. That compares with almost 30 million young people in the EU that completed their tertiary degree over the same period. Source: ec.europa.eu share
 
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 Eurostat celebrates Ireland Did you know that Ireland has the highest birth rate (13.4 babies per 1000 inhabitants) and the lowest death rate (6.4 deaths per 1000 inhabitants) in the European Union? Ireland is also the only EU Member State where more than 40% of its households have children (40.7%). Source: ec.europa.eu share
 
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 Around 30 % of foreign citizens in the EU own their home This rate was much lower than among nationals, 70.6 % of whom owned their home. The highest home ownership rate among foreign citizens was recorded in Lithuania (88.0 %), followed by Estonia (85.4 %) and Croatia (82.4 %), while the lowest rate was observed in Slovenia (19.1 %), Austria (19.9 %) and Italy (20.7 %). Source: ec.europa.eu share
 
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 In-work poverty in the EU Nearly one-tenth (9.6%) of employed persons aged over 18 in the European Union (EU) were at risk of poverty after social transfers in 2016. Source: ec.europa.eu share
 
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 Meet the European Parliament's twittersphere The dataset at the base of this and the following posts consists of 1,500,680 tweets (yes, about one and a half million tweets) posted by current MEPs Source: euobserver.com share
 
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 Household spending on clothing and footwear close to €400 billion In 2016, households in the European Union (EU) spent 4.9% of their total consumption expenditure on clothing and footwear. This represents a total expenditure of €395.4 billion, equivalent to 2.7% of EU GDP or €800 per EU inhabitant. Households' annual expenditure on clothing and footwear is therefore slightly higher than the amount they spent on their health. Source: ec.europa.eu share
 
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 Can you afford to heat your home? 9% of the EU population said in a 2016 survey that they could not afford to heat their home sufficiently. After peaking in 2012 (11%), this share has fallen continuously. Source: ec.europa.eu share
 
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 Did you also have problems with noisy neighbours? 17.9% of the population of the European Union (EU) reported suffering from noise from neighbours or the street in 2016. Unsurprisingly, this proportion is more than twice as high for people living in cities (23.3%) than for those in rural areas (10.4%). Source: ec.europa.eu share
 
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 All I want for Christmas is…from the EU Christmas trees and decorations, toys and candles….we guess you might be right in the middle of your preparations for Christmas. But hey - take a moment to sit down and find out more about which EU Member States are the main suppliers of these typical Christmas products within the EU? Be merry and check our “Christmassy” infographic below illustrating the trade figures of selected Christmas goods. Source: ec.europa.eu share
 
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 European forests to help tackle climate change The European Parliament and Council reached a provisional agreement Thursday on plans to cut greenhouse gas emissions and boost absorption from forests as a way to tackle climate change. Source: eubusiness.com share
 
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 EU Parliament awards human rights prize to Venezuelan opposition Venezuela’s democratic opposition was handed today in the European Parliament the EU’s human rights award for a peaceful transition to democracy in the troubled country. Source: neweurope.eu share
 
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 How old is the EU's commercial aircraft fleet? Air transport operators in the European Union (EU) had in total over 6 500 aircraft, used for passengers or freight, in 2015. These excluded piston planes, helicopters and aircrafts with maximum take-off weight less than 2 600 kg. Source: ec.europa.eu share
 
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 Where do our toys come from? The European Union (EU) is a net importer of toys from the rest of the world. EU exports to non-EU countries are five times lower than imports from non-EU countries. In 2016, the EU imported toys worth almost €7.2 billion and exported only about €1.5 billion to non-EU countries. The value of toys imported to the EU has grown by almost 70 % over the last ten years. Source: ec.europa.eu share
 
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 Eurostat celebrates Finland ou might already know that Finland is a heavily-forested country (with nearly 70% of its land area covered by woodland) and that it has the lowest population density in the EU (with an average of 18 inhabitants per square kilometre). But did you know that Finland is one of the leading European Union Member States for ICT? It has the highest share of ICT specialists in employment in the EU (almost 7%) and the highest percentage of enterprises providing portable devices to their employees (94%). Its inhabitants are also very keen on culture: two-thirds (67%) have attended a live performance in the last 12 months and 1 in 7 (14%) practises an artistic activity on a daily basis, the highest levels across the EU Member States. Source: ec.europa.eu share
 
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 Eurostat celebrates Romania Did you know that Romania is the only European Union Member State where the agricultural sector is the main employer, providing work for 1 in 4 employed persons? It is also the top producer of plums and the second largest producer of grain maize and walnuts. With less than 250 kg of waste generated per person, Romania has the lowest amount of municipal waste in the EU. Source: ec.europa.eu share
 
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 New rules for watching your favourite TV shows abroad The European Parliament is deciding on new rules that will enable you to watch TV online all over the EU. Source: europarl.europa.eu share
 
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 EU children at risk of poverty or social exclusion In 2016, 24.8 million children in the European Union (EU), or 26.4% of the population aged 0 to 17, were at risk of poverty or social exclusion. This means that the children were living in households with at least one of the following three conditions: at-risk-of-poverty after social transfers (income poverty), severely materially deprived or with very low work intensity. The proportion of children at risk of poverty or social exclusion in the EU has slightly decreased over the years, from 27.5% in 2010 to 26.4% in 2016. However, contrasting trends were observed across the EU Member States. Source: ec.europa.eu share
 
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 Over 25 000 victims of road accidents in the EU in 2016 Last year, 25 624 people died in road accidents in the European Union (EU), some 500 fewer than the previous year (-2%). There has been a downward trend over the last 20 years in the number of road traffic victims in the EU. Compared with 1996, the number of road fatalities has fallen by almost 35 000 persons (-57%), from slightly over 60 000 to less than 26 000 in 2016. For comparison, in 2016, 150 people were killed in air accidents on EU territory and 963 in rail accidents. Source: ec.europa.eu share
 
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 EU to push for 40% quota for women on company boards Proposals from European commission would compel businesses to positively discriminate when hiring new executives until quota is reached Source: theguardian.com share
 
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 European Ombudsman: handling complaints, ensuring transparency MEPs debate a report on the European Ombudsman's activities in 2016 on Wednesday 15 November and vote on a resolution on it the following day. But do know what the European Ombudsman does and how she could help you? Read on to find out. Source: europarl.europa.eu share
 
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 Slovak President Kiska tells MEPs: EU needs strong leaders with passion for the cause Close, results-oriented cooperation and mutual trust between member states are key for the EU to succeed, said Slovak President Andrej Kiska in the Parliament on Wednesday. Source: europarl.europa.eu share
 
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 Parliament passes new anti-dumping rules to protect EU jobs and industry Tougher EU rules to fight dumped and subsidised imports from third countries were voted by MEPs on Wednesday. Source: europarl.europa.eu share
 
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 Croatia leads on freshwater resources per inhabitant The volume of freshwater resources per inhabitant is considered to be an important indicator for measuring the sustainability of water resources. Source: ec.europa.eu share
 
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 Volume of retail trade up by 0.7% in euro area In September 2017 compared with August 2017, the seasonally adjusted volume of retail trade rose by 0.7% in the euro area (EA19) and by 0.3% in the EU28, according to estimates from Eurostat, the statistical office of the The European Union. In August, the retail trade volume decreased by 0.1% in the euro area, while it rose by 0.5% in the EU28. Source: ec.europa.eu share
 
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 Euro area annual inflation down to 1.4% Euro area annual inflation is expected to be 1.4% in October 2017, down from 1.5% in September 2017, according in a flash estimate from Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union. Looking at the main components of euro area inflation, energy is expected to have the highest annual rate in October (3.0%, compared with 3.9% in September), followed by food, alcohol & tobacco (2.4%, compared with 1.9% in September), services (1.2%, compared with 1.5% in September) and non-energy industrial goods (0.4%, compared with 0.5% in September). Source: ec.europa.eu share
 
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 Euro area unemployment at 8.9% The euro area (EA19) seasonally-adjusted unemployment rate was 8.9% in September 2017, down from 9.0% in August 2017 and from 9.9% in September 2016. This is the lowest rate recorded in the euro area since January 2009. The EU28 unemployment rate was 7.5% in September 2017, stable compared to August 2017 and down from 8.4% in September 2016. This remains the lowest rate recorded in the EU28 since November 2008. These figures are published by Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union. Source: ec.europa.eu share
 
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 Government debt slightly down to 89.1% of GDP in euro area At the end of the second quarter of 2017, the government debt to GDP ratio in the euro area (EA19) stood at 89.1%, compared with 89.2% at the end of the first quarter of 2017. In the EU28, the ratio also decreased, from 83.6% to 83.4%. Compared with the second quarter of 2016, the government debt to GDP ratio fell in both the euro area (from 90.8% to 89.1%) and the EU28 (from 83.8% to 83.4%). Source: ec.europa.eu share
 
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 Downward trend in the share of persons at risk of poverty or social exclusion in the EU In 2016, 117.5 million people, or 23.4% of the population, in the European Union (EU) were at risk of poverty or social exclusion. This means that they were in at least one of the following three conditions: at-risk-of-poverty after social transfers (income poverty), severely materially deprived or living in households with very low work intensity. After three consecutive increases between 2009 and 2012 to reach almost 25%, the proportion of persons at risk of poverty or social exclusion in the EU has since continuously decreased to 23.4% last year, only 0.1 percentage points above its 2009 low-point. The reduction of the number of persons at risk of poverty or social exclusion in the EU is one of the key targets of the Europe 2020 strategy. Source: ec.europa.eu share
 
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 August 2017 compared with July 2017 Industrial production up by 1.4% in euro area Up by 1.7% in EU28 In August 2017 compared with July 2017, seasonally adjusted industrial production rose by 1.4% in the euro area (EA19) and by 1.7% in the EU28, according to estimates from Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union. In July 2017, industrial production rose by 0.3% in the euro area, while it fell by 0.3% in the EU28. In August 2017 compared with August 2016, industrial production increased by 3.8% in the euro area and by 3.9% in the EU28. Source: ec.europa.eu share
 
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 Air passenger transport in the EU Record number of air passengers carried at almost 1 billion in 2016 Source: ec.europa.eu share
 
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 Students and Refugees Together win Citizen’s Prize 2017 Students and Refugees Together (START) together with one of its founders Avril Bellinger were awarded the European Parliament Citizen’s Prize for their work Source: europarl.europa.eu share
 
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 Italy: €3.35 million to help 1,610 former call centre workers find new jobs 1,610 call centre workers laid off in Italy by Almaviva Contact SpA, should receive EU aid worth €3,347,370, following a Budgets Committee vote on Thursday. Source: europarl.europa.eu share
 
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 MEPs want deeper EU ties with Ukraine, Georgia and Moldova The European Parliament proposes new ways to intensify EU relations with Ukraine, Georgia and Moldova ahead of the Eastern Partnership Summit on 24 November. Source: europarl.europa.eu share
 
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 EU external assistance fund supports military’s civilian actions for first time EU fund for stability and peace, covering projects in 70 countries, will be beefed up by 100 million euros to support the military’s civilian tasks in third countries. Source: europarl.europa.eu share
 
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