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Watch: Are we witnessing the end of the US in NATO?

Trump is not always praising other people, but there is one exception - Mark Rutte. And as the NATO boss is set to visit Trump on Wednesday, your reporter wonders: could the US president one day say “bye, bye” to the alliance? Let's take a look at what the actual rules say.

1 million deaths from avoidable conditions in 2023

In 2023, an estimated 1.0 million people under the age of 75 in the EU died from diseases and conditions that could have been treated or prevented. Of these deaths, 376 434 were due to treatable diseases and conditions that could have been avoided through high-quality

War in the Middle East: latest developments

The latest developments in the Middle East war: - New Lebanon strikes - Israel renewed its strikes on southern Lebanon on Wednesday, state media reported, after the Israeli military warned residents of Tyre to evacuate. Earlier, Israel said that it supported the two-week

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

Meet the Web Intelligence Hub – using AI to get web data

In the latest episode of Eurostat’s Stats in a Wrap podcast, we introduce the Web Intelligence Hub. This is a project dedicated to building a statistical infrastructure that helps use web content appropriately to produce official statistics. Our host Jonathan Elliott is joined