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Cheering for 2025? Sparkling wine production in EU fell by 8%

Despite an 8% decrease in sparkling wine production and exports in the EU in 2023, Italy's Prosecco topped EU bubbly wine exports, surpassing French Champagne.

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Olive oil, milk and cereals: How did food prices fluctuate in 2024?

After food prices soared in 2021 and 2022, over five essential food products saw price drops in 2024, including milk and cereals.

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Are your Christmas gifts ready? Here are where EU toys come from

While the EU saw a drop in toy exports, China was the EU’s biggest supplier, providing 80% of these imports, valued at €5.2 billion.

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48% of new cars in the EU for 2023 were hybrid and electric

Despite pure petrol cars maintaining the largest individual share, 48.3% of the total 10.7 million new cars registered in the EU for 2023 were hybrid and electric.

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Air travel: What is the busiest airport in Europe?

Air travel has bounced back from the COVID-19 pandemic, with nearly one billion passengers in the EU within 2023 alone. Which airport, however, welcomed the most?

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Which EU countries have the most foreign-controlled enterprises?

Foreign-controlled businesses account for 15% of jobs in the EU with Luxembourg, Poland, and Slovakia having the highest share of employment.

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Which countries attract the most EU exchange students?

Spain and the UK are the top destinations, as over 360,000 undergraduate and master's students from the EU took part in a mobility programme of at least three months, the latest Eurostat data shows.

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Road accidents in EU claim over 20,000 lives in 2022 as numbers rise

Regions in Portugal, Greece, and Romania reported the highest fatality rates. While EU-wide road deaths rose by about 9% between 2020 and 2022, the long-term trend offers hope.

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Which countries are losing the battle against plastic grocery bags?

The number of lightweight plastic bags purchased across the EU is staggering – nearly 30 billion in 2022 alone. However, their usage rate is declining rapidly. Which countries use the most, and which are the most eco-friendly?

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Alcohol-free beer is becoming more popular in the EU

Alcohol-free and low-alcohol beer production in the EU jumped by 13% from 2022 to 2023, while the share of traditional brews declined. How large is the gap now?

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EU SMEs well behind on digitalisation, Eurostat report finds

Only 58% of EU small and medium enterprises have reached a basic level of digital services, an enormous 32 percentage points behind the goal set by the EU Commission for 2030.

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Is Italy the worst EU country for fresh graduates?

Only 67.5% of people aged 20 to 34 manage to find a job in Italy within three years of graduation, Eurostat data shows.

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Which EU citizens are the most avid readers and which read the least?

EU residents have a relationship with books on the verge of love and hate: almost half of them cannot read a single complete book in a whole year, and in some countries the average is ten books or more.

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Mesothelioma second most common occupational cancer in EU

Mesothelioma is connected to asbestos exposure, and its symptoms typically don’t appear until decades after exposure.

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Nearly half of EU youngsters exposed to online abuse, new report finds

Most abuse messages target social, political and sexual orientations.

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More than 25% of EU citizens with disabilities face financial struggle

Just over one in four adults in the EU has some form of disability. Compared with the rest of the population, they face financial issues to a disproportionate degree.

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In which EU countries are the most businesses being launched?

The number of companies opened across the EU is higher than those closing, with 3.4 million new companies created in 2022 versus 2.8 million that went out of business.

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Which EU regions and cities saw most foreign tourism in 2023?

Spain's Canary and Balearic islands top the list of EU regions with 83.2 and 61.7 million nights spent in 2023 by foreign tourists, while the Greek island of Zakyinthos and Croatia's Istrian peninsula are those suffering the highest pressure compared to the number of residents.

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Almost 15% of EU youngsters unable to pay rent, new data shows

Over the past twelve months youngsters across the block have struggled with rising costs, particularly in France, the Netherlands and Greece.

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Energy efficiency: Are EU houses ready for winter?

More than 25% of the EU population lived in homes where energy efficiency has improved in the past five years. But not everyone benefits equally.

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