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EU trade in goods surplus down to €128 billion in 2025

In 2025, the EU trade in goods balance registered a surplus of €128 billion, representing a decrease of €8 billion compared with 2024 (€136bn). Between 2015 and 2025, the EU recorded a trade surplus every year except for 2022, when the negative trade balance was driven by the

517 kg municipal waste per capita in 2024

In 2024, the amount of municipal waste generated per person in the EU corresponded to 517 kg, 6 kg more than in 2023 (511 kg). Compared with 2014, the amount increased by 38 kg (+8%). The available data reveals significant differences across EU countries. Austria (782 kg per

Professional homecare services for long-term care, 2024

In 2024, 8.5% of people in the EU lived in households where at least one member needed long-term care due to health problems. Among EU residents living in households where at least one member reported a need for long-term care, 28.3% received professional homecare services.

How serious will the jet fuel crisis in Europe become?

Jet fuel prices have increased by 95% since the United States and Israel launched military attacks against Iran on 28 February. Higher fares, fuel surcharges and reductions in capacity or limiting of unprofitable routes will be the new normal, energy analysts warn.

Qatar warns Iran war could now 'spiral out of control'

In a series of direct warnings and as the US deadline for Iran approached later on Tuesday, Qatar’s foreign ministry called for “a way of ending the war before it spirals out of control”, adding that there was still time for diplomacy to prevail, “before it escalates beyond