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  • News articles Population and social conditions
  • PUBLISHED: 5 July 2024

Key data on the Dublin system in 2023

In 2023, EU countries sent 186 910 outgoing requests to transfer the responsibility to examine an asylum application and effectively implemented 16 869 outgoing transfers to other EU countries. Dublin statistics provide information on the functioning of the Dublin system, which establishes which EU ...
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  • News articles Economy and finance
  • PUBLISHED: 5 July 2024

House prices and rents rose between Q4 2023 and Q1 2024

In the first quarter of 2024, house prices in the EU increased by 0.4% and rents by 0.9% compared with the fourth quarter of 2023. Compared with the first quarter of 2023, house prices in the EU went up by 1.3%, while rents increased by 3.0%.  This information comes from data on house prices and r...
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  • News articles Economy and finance
  • PUBLISHED: 4 July 2024

Increase of cocoa prices slows down

In May 2024, the consumer price of cocoa and powdered chocolate in the EU was 6.3% higher than in May 2023.  The consumer price of cocoa and powdered chocolate, already on the rise since early 2022, saw a significant acceleration in the last quarter of 2022, with annual inflation rates exceeding 10...
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  • News articles Environment and energy
  • PUBLISHED: 2 July 2024

Declining market shares of biggest EU energy companies

In 2022, the largest electricity and gas producers experienced a decrease in market share in many EU countries, highlighting the increasing competition in the energy market compared with 2021. A market share indicator shows the proportion of the market’s energy that is provided by the largest compa...
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  • News articles Industry, trade and services
  • PUBLISHED: 2 July 2024

Experimental statistics assess tourism’s economic impact

Today, Eurostat released a new webpage on tourism satellite accounts on Europe as part of our experimental statistics section.  The data released under the new experimental statistics presents indicators that help assess the economic contribution of the tourism sector, complementing the information...
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  • News articles General and regional statistics
  • PUBLISHED: 1 July 2024

Hungarian Presidency of the Council of the EU

On 1 July 2024, Hungary took over the presidency of the Council of the EU. The presidency rotates among EU countries every 6 months. During this 6-month period, the presidency chairs meetings at every level in the Council, helping to ensure the consistency of the EU's work. On this occasion, Eur...
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  • News articles International trade
  • PUBLISHED: 1 July 2024

EU imports of energy products continue to drop

In the first quarter of 2024, the EU imported €95.5 billion worth of energy products, amounting to a total of 183.8 million tonnes. Compared with the same quarter of 2023, imports decreased both in value (-26.4%) and in net mass (-10.4%). The value of imported natural gas in gaseous state decreased...
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  • News articles Agriculture, forestry and fisheries
  • PUBLISHED: 28 June 2024

Use of fertilisers in EU agriculture down 10% in 2022

In 2022, the quantity of mineral fertilisers (nitrogen and phosphorus) used in agricultural production across the EU was 9.8 million tonnes. This represented a sharp decline of 10.3% compared with the quantity used in 2021, and a cumulative decline of 15.9% from the relative peak in 2017. Source ...
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  • News articles Population and social conditions
  • PUBLISHED: 28 June 2024

Q1 2024: migrants ordered to leave down by 2%

In the first quarter of 2024, 103 515 non-EU citizens were ordered to leave an EU country, and 30 570 were returned to another country following an order to leave. Compared with the same quarter of 2023, the number of non-EU citizens ordered to leave dropped by 7%, while the number of people return...
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  • News articles Population and social conditions
  • PUBLISHED: 28 June 2024

Satisfaction with amount of leisure time stable in the EU

In 2022, overall satisfaction with the amount of leisure time in the EU averaged 6.8 points, based on a scale from 0 (not satisfied at all) to 10 (fully satisfied). The score was the same compared with the previous survey in 2018. Within the quality of life framework, information on leisure and soci...
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  • News articles Environment and energy
  • PUBLISHED: 27 June 2024

Renewables take the lead in power generation in 2023

In 2023, according to preliminary data, the EU’s natural gas supply decreased to 12.8 million terajoules (TJ), a 7.4% decline compared with 2022, marking the lowest value since 1995.  Even sharper decreases were registered for coal: brown coal supply decreased by 24.2% to 222 840 million tonnes, an...
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