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To prevent the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic, EU Member States have taken a wide variety of restrictive measures. Among other limitations, bars, restaurants and hotels were closed in almost all countries affecting the volume of services…

Online shopping is continuing to increase in the European Union (EU), says the latest Eurostat survey released on Monday. "Together with increasing use of the internet and improving security standards, consumers appreciate the…

In 2019, average hourly labour costs in the whole economy (excluding agriculture and public administration) were estimated to be EUR 27.7 in the European Union of 27 Member States (EU) and EUR 31.4 in the euro area, reveals the latest…

One in ten employed persons aged 18 years or over in the EU were found to be at risk of poverty in 2018. Over recent years, this share has risen from 8.6% in 2008 to 9.5% in 2018, says a recent Eurostat survey. The in-work poverty risk…

In 2019, 87% of people aged 16-74 in the European Union (EU) reported they had used the internet during the previous three months. This share ranged from 98% in Sweden to 68% in Bulgaria and less over 70% in Romania, reads a Eurostat survey…

Households in Romania top a EU ranking on the difficulties in paying utility bills, a recent Eurostat survey reads. In 2018, almost 7% of households in the European Union had been unable to pay utility bills (heating, electricity, gas,…

The euro area annual inflation rate was 1.3% in December 2019, up from 1.0% in November, according to figures released by Eurostat today. A year earlier, the rate was 1.5%. European Union annual inflation was 1.6% in December 2019, up from…

Romania reported one of the largest decreases in houses prices (-27.2%) in the EU between 2007 and the third quarter of 2019, according to latest Eurostat statistics. Largest decreases were also recorded in Greece (-40.0%) and Ireland…

Ten Member States recorded an Actual Individual Consumption (AIC) per capita above the EU average in 2018. The highest level in the EU was recorded in Luxembourg, 34% above the EU average, ahead of Germany (20% above). They were followed by…

Romania exported 14,000 violins to non-EU Member States in 2018 (28% of extra-EU exports of violins), which makes our country the largest EU exporter of violins to the rest of the world, closely followed by Denmark (12 200, 24%), ahead of…