Recent EU news
Latest items of recent news relevant to the European Union as reported in our fortnightly newswire.
European Union: Youth unemployment
Over the year to February 2018, total youth unemployment (those aged under age 25) decreased by 314 000 across the European Union to 3 …
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European Union: 1 in 4 young employed in the EU work on weekends
Latest figures (for 2016) indicate that those aged 20-34 with tertiary education were the least likely to work at weekends (20% vs 29% for all employees) …
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European Union: Half of unemployed young people ready to relocate for a job
A review of job search intentions amongst those aged 20-34 carried out by Eurostat in 2016 – and only just reported – has found that half of those who were unemployed were not prepared to relocate to find a job …
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European Union: Commission proposes European Labour Authority
The European Commission is pressing ahead with plans to establish a new Brussels – based “European Labour Authority” (ELA) to ensure member states apply EU legal measures, provide support, such as translation services, and help resolve cross – border labour disputes …
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European Union: Average age of a woman at childbirth is 30.6 years
Employers gearing up for maternity leave requests and workplace childcare provision often try to predict when requests will peak …
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European Union: Employment levels rose by 1.5% over the year to Q4 2017
Although overall employment levels across the EU rose by 1 …
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European Union: Youth unemployment
Over the year to January 2018, total youth unemployment (those aged under age 25) decreased by 333 000 across the European Union to 3 …
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European Union: Almost half the unemployed at risk of monetary poverty
According to latest figures from Eurostat, Cyprus and Finland (37 …
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European Union: Serbia and Montenegro could join EU by 2025
Although six Balkan states have indicated their wish to join the European Union, only Serbia and Montengro are actually involved in talks with EU officials about membership …
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European Union: One third of employed take job-related training
According to latest figures from Eurostat, participation in work-related training amounted to almost one third of employed persons in 2016 …
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European Union: Double taxation agreements
What happens when two EU countries decide to tax the same income? Those affected by it make recourse to existing double taxation agreements (DTA) …
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European Union: Trade secrets directive to be implemented into national law by June 2018
All EU member states have until June 2018 to incorporate into national legislation the EU’s Trade Secrets Directive (2016/943) …
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European Union: Economy grew solid 2.6% in Q4
The EU economy grew by 2.6% over the year to Q4 2017. This is slightly higher than the 2.5% annual growth in the US economy over the same period. The country with the highest GDP growth rate is Romania (+7%), followed by Latvia and Hungary (both +4.8%). However, the UK (+1.5%) and Italy (+1.6%) are heavily underperforming. In fact, the annual growth rate in the Brexit-torn UK fell significantly each quarter throughout 2017.
European Union: Average working week of full-time employees
The average working week of full-time employees in the European Union is 40 …
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European Union: 2.3% of EU employees have a precarious job
According to latest Eurostat figures, in the year 2016 a total of 2 …
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