The fertility rate stood at 1.38 live births per woman, well below the “replacement level” of 2.1. Read more at straitstimes.com.
The number of babies born in the EU was down 5.4 percent to 3.67 million in 2023, the largest drop in decades, official data showed Friday, underscoring the bloc's demographic issues.
Germany and the EU must anticipate a potential new wave of refugees from Ukraine, warn German politicians. Suppose the progress of the Russian invasion in Ukraine results in a new exodus of refugees to the European Union.
EU steel demand is likely to have fallen in 2024 for a second consecutive year. The bloc's iron and steel imports totalled 39.5 billion euros ($41.5 billion) last year, while its exports of iron and steel to the U.S. were worth 5.4 billion euros, according to EU statistics office Eurostat.
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Record drop in children being born in EU
In 2023, 3.67 million babies were born in the EU, a 5.4% decrease from the 3.88 million in 2022. This is the largest annual decline recorded since 1961.
The European Statistics Office (Eurostat) said on Friday that the economy of the Eurozone grew by 0.9 percent in 2024, a
Unemployment in Poland stood at 2.6 percent in January, marking the lowest rate in the 27-nation European Union, the bloc’s statistics agency reported on Tuesday.
Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union, reported that 2024 was the best tourism year on record for the EU, with the total number of nights
European Union countries are considering a scenario of a new mass arrival of Ukrainian refugees in the event of an escalation of the war and the cessation of
BAKU. March 7 (Interfax) - European Union countries imported 17.272 million tonnes of oil from Azerbaijan in 2024, down 14.9% compared to 2023. According to data from the European Union's statistical office (Eurostat), the value of oil supplied from Azerbaijan to EU countries during the reporting period amounted to 10.277 billion euros, down 17.1%.
In December last year, more than 4.3 million people were under temporary protection in European countries after fleeing Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
Luxembourg’s rate of approximately 1.25 births per woman in 2023 is one of the lowest in the entire EU, according to data published on Friday by the bloc’s official statistics agency.