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About 280 thousand Cypriots dwell in cities, 113 in towns and suburban areas and 124 thousand in the rural areas of the country, accounting for 54%, 22% and 24% respectively, according to a Eurostat data release, on the occasion...

33.7% (577, 500 persons) died prematurely in the EU in 2013 according to Eurostat data released today. The rate concerns individuals of an age under 75 years and according to eurostat definition could be considered as premature, “as they could...

Cyprus was among the three EU countries with the largest shares of underemployment and part-time workers, along with Greece and Spain, in 2015, according to Eurostat’s labor survey. In 2015, the proportion of underemployed part-time workers among total part-time workers...

The government will submit on Thursday at the relevant parliamentary committees a draft bill with the remaining prior actions and the contingency mechanism required for the conclusion of the first bailout review, the Conference of Parliament Presidents announced on Monday. The...

The Hellenic Statistical Authority (ELSTAT) announced the Gross Domestic Product for the 1st Quarter of 2016. Flash estimates show that available seasonally adjusted data indicate that in this period, the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in volume terms decreased by...

Greek unemployment was shaped at 24.4% in January 2016 in comparison to the 24.3% of December 2015 and the 25.7% of January 2015, according to Eurostat data published on Friday. In March 2016, unemployment in the Eurozone was at 10.2%, recording the lowest level...

Greece achieved a primary surplus of 0.7% of GDP in 2015, a European Commission spokeswoman said on Thursday. After the EU statistics office released data on its member states' budgets, Greece had a primary budget surplus before debt service in...

In 2015 Cyprus granted protection status to 1,600 Syrians -- accounting for 85.5% of all asylum requests filed in the country -- 65 Iraqis (3.6%) and 60 "stateless" persons (3.25%), according to Eurostat. In total Cyprus made positive decisions on...

Children in Greece have suffered sharply deteriorating conditions over the past twenty years and child poverty rose by 6.3% between 1995 and 2015. In 2014, 25.3% of children were living in poverty in Greece, affecting some 424,000, reported UNICEF in...

"The Greek government remains stable in its position. It is ready to implement those provided in the July 2015 agreement. Nothing more, nothing less," said government's spokeswoman Olga Gerovasili after the conclusion of a meeting with Prime Minister...