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Euro area annual inflation was 2.6% in April 2012, down from 2.7% in March. A year earlier the rate was 2.8%. Monthly inflation was 0.5% in April 2012. Malta’s rose to 3.8%, a sharp increase on the figure of 2.4% in March, making it now above the Euro area and the EU. EU annual inflation [...]

Flash estimate for the first quarter of 2012 Euro area and EU27 GDP stable 0.0% and +0.1% respectively compared with the first quarter of 2011 GDP remained stable in both the euro area (EA17) and the EU27 during the first quarter of 2012, compared with the previous quarter, according to flash estimates published by Eurostat, [...]

Air passenger transport in the EU27 in 2010 showed that the highest growth in number of passengers were in Copenhagen, Vienna, Milan and Rome airports In 2010, London/Heathrow remained the EU’s busiest passenger airport, with 66 million passengers handled, down by 0.2% compared with 2009. Paris/Charles de Gaulle (58 mn, +0.5%) and Frankfurt/Main (53 mn, [...]

The General Fisheries Commission for the Mediterranean (GFCM) will meet in Morocco, Marrakesh from 14 to 19 May 2012. The European Commission represents the EU at the meeting. The agenda includes the review of the work concerning the Black Sea, advice on fisheries conservation and management, and the cooperation with other international partner organisations. The [...]

The the 16th edition of the Eurostat yearbook, published by Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union, shows that Malta still has the highest proportion of early school leavers in the UE at 37%. Eurostat yearbook 2012 presents a comprehensive selection of the statistical data available at Eurostat, together with explanatory text. The yearbook [...]

The cost of using mobile phones, smartphones and tablets when travelling abroad within the EU will fall sharply from 1 July this year, under an agreement with the European Council endorsed by the European Parliament on Thursday. The new rules will also enable clients to buy roaming services from suppliers other than their home service [...]