News releases
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Please find below the news releases since January 1st, 2010.
2010
- September
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- August
- 31.08.2010 July 2010: Euro area unemployment rate stable at 10.0%
- 31.08.2010 Flash estimate - August 2010: Euro area inflation estimated at 1.6%
- 24.08.2010 June 2010 compared with May 2010: Industrial new orders up by 2.5% in euro area
- 18.08.2010 June 2010 compared to May 2010: Construction output up by 2.7% in euro area
- 16.08.2010 July 2010: Euro area annual inflation up to 1.7%
- 13.08.2010 Flash estimates for the second quarter of 2010: Euro area and EU27 GDP up by 1.0%
- 13.08.2010 June 2010: Euro area external trade surplus 2.4 bn euro
- 12.08.2010 June 2010 compared with May 2010: Industrial production down by 0.1% in euro area
- 04.08.2010 Labour Force Survey: Employment rate in the EU27 fell to 64.6% in 2009
- 04.08.2010 June 2010 compared with May 2010 : Volume of retail trade stable in euro area
- 03.08.2010 June 2010 compared with May 2010: Industrial producer prices up by 0.3% in euro area
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- July
- 30.07.2010 Flash estimate - July 2010: Euro area inflation estimated at 1.7%
- 30.07.2010 June 2010: Euro area unemployment rate stable at 10.0%
- 29.07.2010 Quarterly Sector Accounts - first quarter of 2010: Business investment rate down to 20.2% in the euro area and 19.7% in the EU27
- 29.07.2010 Quarterly Sector Accounts - first quarter of 2010: Household saving rate down to 14.6% in the euro area and 13.0% in the EU27
- 27.07.2010 European demography: EU27 population 501 million at 1 January 2010
- 22.07.2010 Second estimate for the first quarter of 2010: EU27 current account deficit 34.8 bn euro
- 22.07.2010 May 2010 compared with April 2010: Industrial new orders up by 3.8% in euro area
- 19.07.2010 May 2010 compared with April 2010: Construction output down by 1.0% in euro area
- 16.07.2010 May 2010: Euro area external trade deficit 3.4 bn euro
- 14.07.2010 June 2010: Euro area annual inflation down to 1.4%
- 14.07.2010 May 2010 compared with April 2010: Industrial production up by 0.9% in euro area
- 13.07.2010 Renewable energy: Renewable energy contributed 10.3% of energy consumption in the EU27 in 2008
- 13.07.2010 Brazil Summit: EU27 deficit in trade in goods with Brazil of 4 bn euro in 2009
- 07.07.2010 Second estimates for the first quarter of 2010: Euro area and EU27 GDP up by 0.2%
- 06.07.2010 Acquisition of citizenship in the EU: EU27 Member States granted citizenship to 696 000 persons in 2008
- 05.07.2010 May 2010 compared with April 2010: Volume of retail trade up by 0.2% in euro area
- 02.07.2010 May 2010 compared with April 2010: Industrial producer prices up by 0.3% in euro area
- 02.07.2010 May 2010: Euro area unemployment rate at 10.0%
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- June
- 30.06.2010 Flash estimate - June 2010: Euro area inflation estimated at 1.4%
- 28.06.2010 Taxation trends in the European Union: EU27 tax ratio fell to 39.3% of GDP in 2008
- 28.06.2010 Comparison of price levels in the EU27 in 2009: Price levels of food range from one to two among Member States
- 24.06.2010 EU27 Foreign Direct Investment: EU27 investment in the rest of the world down by a quarter in 2009
- 24.06.2010 April 2010 compared with March 2010: Industrial new orders up by 0.9% in euro area
- 21.06.2010 First estimates for 2009: GDP per inhabitant in the Member States varied between 41% and 268% of the EU27 average
- 18.06.2010 Camping holidays in the EU27: 350 million nights spent on campsites in 2008
- 18.06.2010 Asylum decisions in the EU27: EU Member States granted protection to 78 800 asylum seekers in 2009
- 17.06.2010 April 2010 compared with March 2010: Construction output down by 0.3% in euro area
- 16.06.2010 May 2010: Euro area annual inflation up to 1.6%
- 16.06.2010 First quarter 2010 compared with first quarter 2009: Euro area hourly labour costs rose by 2.1%
- 15.06.2010 April 2010: Euro area external trade surplus 1.8 bn euro
- 15.06.2010 First estimate for the first quarter of 2010: Euro area employment stable and EU27 down by 0.2%
- 14.06.2010 April 2010 compared with March 2010: Industrial production up by 0.8% in euro area
- 11.06.2010 First estimate for the first quarter of 2010: EU27 current account deficit 23.4 bn euro
- 04.06.2010 First estimates for the first quarter of 2010: Euro area and EU27 GDP up by 0.2%
- 03.06.2010 April 2010 compared with March 2010: Volume of retail trade down by 1.2% in both euro area and EU27
- 02.06.2010 April 2010 compared with March 2010: Industrial producer prices up by 0.9% in euro area
- 01.06.2010 April 2010: Euro area unemployment rate at 10.1%
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- May
- 31.05.2010 Flash estimate - May 2010: Euro area inflation estimated at 1.6%
- 28.05.2010 EU - Russia Summit: EU27 deficit in trade in goods with Russia of 50 bn euro in 2009
- 28.05.2010 Second half of 2009 compared with second half of 2008: Household electricity prices in the EU27 fell by 1.5% and gas prices by 16.0%
- 25.05.2010 March 2010 compared with February 2010: Industrial new orders up by 5.2% in euro area
- 19.05.2010 March 2010 compared with February 2010: Construction output up by 7.6% in euro area
- 18.05.2010 March 2010: Euro area external trade surplus 4.5 bn euro
- 18.05.2010 April 2010: Euro area annual inflation up to 1.5%
- 17.05.2010 EU - Latin American and Caribbean Summit: An EU27 trade deficit of 9 bn euro with the LAC countries in 2009
- 12.05.2010 Flash estimates for the first quarter of 2010: Euro area and EU27 GDP up by 0.2%
- 12.05.2010 March 2010 compared with February 2010: Industrial production up by 1.3% in euro area
- 11.05.2010 Unemployment in the EU and the US: Impact of the crisis on unemployment has so far been less pronounced in the EU than in the US
- 07.05.2010 Agriculture in the EU27: Employment in the agriculture sector down by 25% between 2000 and 2009
- 05.05.2010 March 2010 compared with February 2010: Volume of retail trade stable in both euro area and EU27
- 04.05.2010 Asylum in the EU27: Around 260 000 asylum applicants registered in 2009
- 04.05.2010 March 2010 compared with February 2010: Industrial producer prices up by 0.6% in euro area
- 03.05.2010 EU-Canada Summit: An EU27 external trade surplus of 4.7 bn euro with Canada in 2009
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- April
- 30.04.2010 Quarterly Sector Accounts: fourth quarter of 2009: Business investment rate down to 20.4% in the euro area and 20.3% in the EU27
- 30.04.2010 Quarterly Sector Accounts: fourth quarter of 2009: Household saving rate at 15.1% in the euro area and 13.3% in the EU27
- 30.04.2010 March 2010: Euro area unemployment rate at 10.0%
- 30.04.2010 Flash estimate - April 2010: Euro area inflation estimated at 1.5%
- 27.04.2010 EU - Japan Summit: An EU27 external trade deficit of 20 bn euro with Japan in 2009
- 23.04.2010 February 2010 compared with January 2010: Industrial new orders up by 1.5% in euro area
- 22.04.2010 Euro area and EU27 government deficit at 6.3% and 6.8% of GDP respectively
- 22.04.2010 Second estimate for the fourth quarter of 2009: EU27 current account deficit 9.2 bn euro
- 19.04.2010 February 2010 compared with January 2010: Construction output down by 3.3% in euro area
- 16.04.2010 March 2010: Euro area annual inflation up to 1.4%
- 16.04.2010 February 2010: Euro area external trade surplus 2.6 bn euro
- 14.04.2010 February 2010 compared with January 2010: Industrial production up by 0.9% in euro area
- 08.04.2010 February 2010 compared with January 2010: Volume of retail trade down by 0.6% in euro area
- 07.04.2010 Second estimates for the fourth quarter of 2009: Euro area GDP stable and EU27 GDP up by 0.1%
- 07.04.2010 February 2010 compared with January 2010: Industrial producer prices up by 0.1% in both euro area and EU27
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- March
- 31.03.2010 February 2010: Euro area unemployment rate at 10.0%
- 31.03.2010 Flash estimate - March 2010: Euro area inflation estimated at 1.5%
- 24.03.2010 January 2010 compared with December 2009: Industrial new orders down by 2.0% in euro area
- 19.03.2010 Environment in the EU27: 40% of municipal waste recycled or composted in 2008
- 18.03.2010 January 2010: Euro area external trade deficit 8.9 bn euro
- 17.03.2010 January 2010 compared with December 2009: Construction output down by 2.2% in euro area
- 17.03.2010 Fourth quarter 2009 compared with fourth quarter 2008: Euro area hourly labour costs rose by 2.2%
- 16.03.2010 February 2010: Euro area annual inflation down to 0.9%
- 15.03.2010 First estimate for the fourth quarter of 2009: Employment down by 0.2% in the euro area and by 0.3% in the EU27
- 12.03.2010 January 2010 compared with December 2009: Industrial production up by 1.7% in euro area
- 11.03.2010 First estimate for the fourth quarter of 2009: EU27 current account deficit 27.0 bn euro
- 05.03.2010 8 March 2010: International Women's Day: A statistical perspective on women and men in the EU27
- 04.03.2010 First estimates for the fourth quarter of 2009: Euro area and EU27 GDP up by 0.1%
- 03.03.2010 January 2010 compared with December 2009: Volume of retail trade down by 0.3% in both euro area and EU27
- 02.03.2010 January 2010 compared with December 2009: Industrial producer prices up by 0.7% in euro area up by 0.9% in EU27
- 02.03.2010 Flash estimate February 2010: Euro area inflation estimated at 0.9%
- 01.03.2010 Organic farming: Organic area up by 21% in the EU between 2005 and 2008
- 01.03.2010 January 2010 - Euro area unemployment rate at 9.9%
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- February
- 26.02.2010 January 2010: Euro area annual inflation up to 1.0%
- 24.02.2010 December 2009 compared with November 2009: Industrial new orders up by 0.8% in euro area
- 22.02.2010 Tourism in the EU27: Total nights spent in hotels fell by 5% in 2009
- 18.02.2010 Regional GDP per inhabitant in 2007: GDP per inhabitant ranged from 26% of the EU27 average in Severozapaden in Bulgaria to 334% in Inner London
- 17.02.2010 December 2009 compared with November 2009: Construction output up by 0.5% in both the euro area and the EU27
- 17.02.2010 First estimate for 2009: Euro area external trade surplus 22.3 bn euro
- 12.02.2010 Flash estimates for the fourth quarter of 2009: Euro area and EU27 GDP up by 0.1%
- 12.02.2010 December 2009 compared with November 2009: Industrial production down by 1.7% in euro area
- 11.02.2010 Workers' remittances in the EU27: Migrants sent 32 bn euro to their former country of residence in 2008
- 03.02.2010 December 2009 compared with November 2009: Volume of retail trade remained stable in euro area
- 02.02.2010 December 2009 compared with November 2009: Industrial producer prices up by 0.1% in euro area
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- January
- 29.01.2010 Flash estimate - January 2010: Euro area inflation estimated at 1.0%
- 29.01.2010 December 2009: Euro area unemployment rate up to 10.0%
- 28.01.2010 Sector Accounts: third quarter of 2009: Household saving rate down to 15.8% in the euro area and 13.7% in the EU27
- 25.01.2010 November 2009 compared with October 2009: Industrial new orders up by 2.7% in euro area - Revised version
- 22.01.2010 Second estimate for the third quarter of 2009: EU27 current account deficit 27.7 bn euro
- 22.01.2010 November 2009 compared with October 2009: Industrial new orders up by 1.6% in euro area
- 19.01.2010 Information and Communication Technologies: E-commerce accounted for 12% of enterprises' turnover in the EU27 in 2008
- 19.01.2010 November 2009 compared with October 2009: Construction output down by 1.1% in the euro area
- 18.01.2010 Living conditions in 2008: 17% of EU27 population at risk of poverty
- 15.01.2010 November 2009: Euro area external trade surplus 4.8 bn euro
- 15.01.2010 December 2009: Euro area annual inflation up to 0.9%
- 14.01.2010 November 2009 compared with October 2009: Industrial production up by 1.0% in euro area
- 08.01.2010 Second estimates for the third quarter of 2009: Euro area GDP up by 0.4% and EU27 GDP up by 0.3%
- 08.01.2010 November 2009: Euro area unemployment rate up to 10.0%
- 07.01.2010 November 2009 compared with October 2009: Volume of retail trade down by 1.2% in euro area
- 06.01.2010 November 2009 compared with October 2009: Industrial producer prices up by 0.1% in euro area
- 06.01.2010 October 2009 compared with September 2009: Industrial new orders down by 2.2% in euro area
- 05.01.2010 Flash estimate - December 2009: Euro area inflation estimated at 0.9%
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