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Euro area unemployment drops to 8.3%

The seasonally-adjusted unemployment rate in the euro area, which includes 19 European Union member states, was 8.3% in June 2018, stable compared with May...

European Medicines Agency blames Brexit for bid to break lease

The controversial news is not that the London-based European Medicines Agency will move its 900 jobs to Amsterdam after Brexit. It’s the agency’s bid...

EESC calls for no further privatisation of water

The European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) has called for measures to discourage disproportionate water use. Specifically, the committee called for a stop to...

Mismatched skills bad news for EU businesses

The mismatching of skills is a big problem in the European Union. It costs the bloc’s economy at least 2% of productivity per year,...

Czech PM suggests ‘solution’ to EU migrant quotas

Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babis (ANO) has warned that the European Union needs a major reform and that powers must return from Brussels to...

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