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Tourism In The EU27: Slight Decrease In Nights Spent In Hotels In 2008
added: 09-03-2009

In 2008, 1 578 million nights were spent in hotels and similar establishments in the EU27, a decrease of 0.5% compared with 2007, after +3.4% in 2007 and +2.9% in 2006. The number of hotel nights spent by residents in their own country in 2008 was stable, while hotel nights spent by non-residents fell by 1.1%.
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Joint Report on Social Protection and Social Inclusion 2009
added: 09-03-2009

The impact of the economic crisis on labour markets is now clearly visible in recent employment statistics. The unemployment rate in the EU has been rising from a low of 6.8% in April 2008 to reach 7.6% in January 2009, and in particular Estonia, Spain, Ireland, Lithuania and Latvia were adversely affected.
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Eurosystem Monetary Policy Operations in 2008
added: 09-03-2009

The year 2008 has been exceptional, also in terms of Eurosystem’s monetary policy operations. The intensification of the market turmoil and the changes to Eurosystem refinancing operations led to an increased level of activity by the Eurosystem to support the financial sector and, through it, the entire economy.
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Ecommerce: France’s E-Tailers Upbeat
added: 08-03-2009

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The Economic Crisis and Pensions in the EU
added: 06-03-2009

The EU seeks to assist Member States in developing their pension systems towards the shared goal of providing adequate and sustainable pensions for all, through its Open Method of Coordination (OMC).
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E-commerce in the EU
added: 06-03-2009

The European e-commerce market was estimated to be worth 106 billion euros in 2006 (an order of magnitude comparable to the size of the US e-commerce market. 70% of turnover is concentrated in 3 key markets (the United Kingdom, Germany, and France).
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EU Climate Change: EC Dishes the Dirt on the Importance of Soil
added: 06-03-2009

A new report made public by the Commission underlines the crucial role that soils can play in mitigating climate change. Soils contain around twice the amount of carbon in the atmosphere and three times the amount to be found in vegetation. Europe's soils are an enormous carbon reservoir, containing around 75 billion tonnes, and poor management can have serious consequences: a failure to protect Europe's remaining peat bogs, for example, would release the same amount of carbon as an additional 40 million cars on Europe's roads.
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Online Shopping Increasingly Popular in the EU, but Development "held back" by Barriers to Cross Border Trade
added: 05-03-2009

A new report on "Barriers to E-commerce", presented by EU Consumer Commissioner Meglena Kuneva shows that online shopping is increasingly popular in the EU, but warns that barriers to cross border trade are holding back its development.
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Euro Area and EU27 GDP Down by 1.5% the Fourth Quarter of 2008
added: 05-03-2009

GDP fell by 1.5% in both the euro area (EA15) and the EU27 during the fourth quarter of 2008, compared with the previous quarter, according to first estimates released by Eurostat, the Statistical Office of the European Communities. In the third quarter of 2008, growth rates were -0.2% in the euro area and -0.3% in the EU27.
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Bank of England Reduces Bank Rate by 0.5 Percentage Points to 0.5%
added: 05-03-2009

The Bank of England’s Monetary Policy Committee voted to reduce the official Bank Rate paid on commercial bank reserves by 0.5 percentage points to 0.5%, and to undertake a programme of asset purchases of £75 billion financed by the issuance of central bank reserves.
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