unemployment

Europe's unemployment freefall

Guess what Eurostat, the statistical office of the European commission, says in its latest unemployment figures for the last trimester of 2008 ...

by Fernando Garcia Acuña @ // 22/03/09

unemployment, eurostat, solidarity, money, euweek, eudebate2009, employment

'The Wonderous World of Laundry': forgiving free market in Berlin and Warsaw

The global credit crunch has quickly established it self to be a test of European solidarity. The government in Berlin faces a particularly difficult challenge as 2009 brings them the presidential elections and the elections for European parliament. This is also the time to fulfil the promise of opening up the German labour market to the ten new EU states, including Poland. Will pre-election fever deal with the ever-increasing unemployment on both sides of the Odra River – without compromising the strong relationship between Berlin and Warsaw?

by katarzyna grabowska @ // 16/03/09

unemployment, work, labour market, borders, berlin, berlinale, film

Riots in Latvia: the dream of a fast buck is over

During Latvia’s economic miracle period many people lived beyond their means. Now it is payback time. 14 January saw the fraught situation in the country escalate. A mass demonstration against the centre-right government ended in violent rioting; 'everything is not ok'

by n- ost @ // 15/01/09

unemployment, housing, baltic, protest, riga, crise financière, economic growth

Morale at half mast as the EU enters recession

Consumers or businesses? They both have the same problems. The terrible unemployment figures do not help morale. Latest titbit news from Brussels

by Graziella Jost @ // 14/01/09

unemployment, consumers, negocios, european commission, euweek, politics, economical crisis

Unemployment in Europe

The financial crisis has meant that unemployment is back amidst the problems Europeans are facing - statistics, provided by the latest Eurostat report

by Aurélien BORDET @ // 22/10/08

unemployment, the elections in numbers, eudebate2009, employment, european elections 2009, economy

Enlargement: the grit beneath the nail

'EU standards' are one thing, but the reality of the issues lurking behind EU enlargement are another. We launch a series of Europe's young journalists of 2008 with regards on, amongst others, the sex trade in Romania, black border market in Poland and food made in Serbia

• Read the special edition Enlargement: the grit beneath the nail
• Romania: EU dreams, but prostitution and poverty reality
• Ireland: doors wide open for foreign labour
• Turkey and the Dervish’s Islam
• Serbia farmers markets in the new Brussels system
• Ukraine 'don't want to be Europe's neighbours'

America: five eurosceptic myths about sick old EU

With the stock market jittery over Iraq, the housing crisis and huge trade deficits, investors are wringing their hands about the US economy. Chinese and Indian economies roar, but what about Europe on the eve of the EU-US summit in Slovenia on 9-10 June

by Steven Hill @ // 05/06/08

unemployment, welfare state, united states, world affairs, us elections, eurosceptic, ecology

Eurostat: unemployed in Paris, but not in London

The EU publishes its official figures on unemployment in the 27 Europe countries on 30 May. But are the socioeconomic realties really comparable from one country to another? Debate

by Franck Lirzin @ // 29/05/08

unemployment, economic growth

Suicide and stress in the workplace

Enslaved into the rhythm of work, are employees mere instruments of their jobs? Stress clogs up the cogs of any enterprise. What are the causes of this troubling phenomenon?

by Aurélien BORDET @ // 21/05/08

unemployment, suicide, work, labour, stress, employment, society