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Latest 15 March 2022

Tourism: Malta suffers third largest hit in EU during pandemic – Eurostat

Tourists in the European Union more than tripled the nights they spent in short-stay accommodation in December compared with a year earlier, the EU's statistics office said on Monday, though…

European Union · 26 Oct 2021 Maltese women’s take-up of mammograms falls short of EU average Just over 60% of Maltese women aged between 50 and 69 years said they had received a mammogram (breast examination by X-ray)… Eurostat · 19 Oct 2021 One in five people in the EU at risk of poverty or social exclusion In 2020, there were 96.5 million people in the EU at risk of poverty or social exclusion, representing 21.9% of the population,… Eurostat · 15 Jun 2021 Euro zone trade surplus surges, but less than expected, in April The euro zone's unadjusted trade surplus was almost five times higher in April than a year earlier, mainly thanks to a strong… European Union · 2 Feb 2021 GDP down by 0.7% in the euro area and by 0.5% in the EU In the fourth quarter 2020, seasonally adjusted GDP decreased by 0.7% in the euro area and by 0.5% in the EU, compared… Eurostat · 29 Dec 2020 Just over 20% of energy used for heating and cooling is renewable In 2019, renewable energy accounted for 22.1% of total energy use for heating and cooling in the EU, according to figures released… European Union · 20 Oct 2020 Almost 170 000 additional deaths in the EU from March to June In 2020, among the 26 EU Member States for which data is available, there were 168 000 more deaths during weeks 10-26… Eurostat · 8 Jun 2020 Maltese workers’ work-life registers highest duration increase in EU In 2019, the expected average duration of working life for the European Union’s (EU) adult population aged 15 years and more was… European Union · 21 May 2020 Cost of living around Europe drops In April 2020, a month marked by COVID-19 containment measures in all countries, the euro area annual inflation rate was 0.3%, down… European Union · 12 May 2020 Coronavirus may drive change in precarious employment – Eurostat Precarious employment, which was largely kept in control by most EU countries in the previous years, may rise its head again in…