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Byline: TOMAS MONZON MADRID, Sept. 1 (UPI) -- The European Union statistics agency Eurostat reported Tuesday the jobless rate in the eurozone has fallen to its lowest point in three [...]

Byline: ED ADAMCZYK BRUSSELS, May 16 (UPI) -- The number of people identified attempting to illegally enter European Union nations in 2013 rose sharply over 2012, the border agency Frontex [...]

BRUSSELS, Feb. 28 (UPI) -- The unemployment rate in the 18-member eurozone held at 12 percent in January, the data agency Eurostat said Friday. The unemployment rate held steady for [...]

BRUSSELS, Feb. 24 (UPI) -- The annual inflation rate held at 0.8 percent in the eurozone in January, the European Commission's data agency said Monday. Inflation came in a tick [...]

BRUSSELS, Feb. 19 (UPI) -- Construction in the European Union ended a three-month slide in December, the region's data agency Eurostat said Wednesday. The statistics agency for the European Commission [...]

BRUSSELS, Dec. 20 (UPI) -- Consumer confidence has improved in the eurozone and European Union in December, the European Commission said Friday. In a flash estimate that could be revised, [...]

BRUSSELS, Nov. 21 (UPI) -- Consumer confidence fell in the eurozone and the European Union in November, the European Commission said Thursday. In a flash estimate that could be revised, [...]

BRUSSELS, Oct. 31 (UPI) -- Unemployment in the eurozone held steady in September after the August rate was revised to 12.2 percent, the region's statistical office said Thursday. The consensus [...]

BRUSSELS, Oct. 23 (UPI) -- Consumer confidence rose in the eurozone and held steady in the European Union in October, the European Commission said Wednesday. In a flash estimate that [...]

BRUSSELS, Oct. 1 (UPI) -- Unemployment in the 17-member eurozone held steady at 12 percent in August, the region's statistical office said Tuesday. The jobless rate remained close to the [...]

BRUSSELS, Sept. 18 (UPI) -- Construction spending rose by 0.3 percent in the eurozone from June to July, the European Union's statistical office Eurostat said Wednesday. Spending on construction projects [...]

BRUSSELS, Sept. 16 (UPI) -- The annual inflation rate in the 17-member eurozone dropped sharply from July to August, Euostat said Monday. The official statistics office for the European Commission [...]

BRUSSELS, Sept. 4 (UPI) -- Retail sales rose 0.1 percent month to month in July in the eurozone and 0.2 percent in the European Union, the data office Eurostat said [...]

BRUSSELS, Aug. 23 (UPI) -- Consumer confidence rose in the eurozone and the larger European Union in August compared to July, the European Commission said Friday. In a flash estimate [...]

BRUSSELS, Aug. 20 (UPI) -- Construction spending rose by 0.7 percent in the eurozone from May to June, the European Union's statistical office Eurostat said Tuesday. Spending on construction projects [...]

BRUSSELS, July 23 (UPI) -- The European Commission said Tuesday consumer confidence rose solidly in the eurozone and the larger European Union in July compared to June. In a flash [...]

BRUSSELS, July 17 (UPI) -- Construction spending dropped 0.3 percent in the eurozone from April to May, the European Union's statistical office Eurostat said Wednesday. Spending on construction projects also [...]

BRUSSELS, July 3 (UPI) -- Retail sales rose month to month in May in Europe, but remain negative from the same month a year earlier, the data office Eurostat said [...]

BRUSSELS, July 1 (UPI) -- Unemployment in the 17-member eurozone climbed to a record 12.1 percent in May, the region's statistical office said Monday. The unemployment rate for April was [...]

BRUSSELS, June 20 (UPI) -- The European Commission said Thursday consumer confidence rose in the eurozone and the larger European Union in June compared to May. In a flash estimate [...]

BRUSSELS, June 14 (UPI) -- The European Commission's data office said Friday that employment dropped in the eurozone and the larger European Union in the first quarter. In the 17-member [...]

BRUSSELS, June 14 (UPI) -- The annual inflation rate rose from 1.2 percent to 1.4 percent April to May in the 17-member eurozone, Eurostat said Friday. The consumer price index, [...]

BRUSSELS, June 5 (UPI) -- The second official estimate of the eurozone's first quarter economic activity continued to show a decline, Eurostat said Wednesday. The GDP for the 17-member currency [...]

LONDON, May 28 (UPI) -- Only 26 percent of British citizens want the country to get out of the European Union, a poll indicated. The poll by ComRes for advocacy [...]

BRUSSELS, May 17 (UPI) -- Construction spending dropped in Europe from February to March, the European Union's statistical office Eurostat said Friday. Spending dropped 1.7 percent in the 17-member eurozone [...]

BRUSSELS, May 16 (UPI) -- The inflation rate dropped to 1.2 percent in the 17-member eurozone in April, the European Commission's data agency Eurostat said Thursday. The drop, from a [...]

BRUSSELS, April 22 (UPI) -- The European Commission said Monday consumer confidence rose slightly in Europe in April. In a flash estimate that could be revised later, the commission said [...]

BRUSSELS, April 17 (UPI) -- Construction spending dropped in Europe in February from January, the European Union's statistical office Eurostat said Wednesday. Spending dropped 0.8 percent in the 17-member eurozone [...]

BRUSSELS, April 15 (UPI) -- The trade balance in the 17-nation eurozone rose from $1.7 billion in February 2012 to $13.6 billion in February this year, Eurostat said Monday. The [...]

BRUSSELS, March 19 (UPI) -- Construction spending dropped in Europe in January, the European Union's statistical office Eurostat said Tuesday. Spending dropped 1.4 percent in the 17-member eurozone compared with [...]

BRUSSELS, Jan. 17 (UPI) -- Construction spending dropped in Europe in October, the European Union's statistical office Eurostat said Thursday. Spending dropped 0.4 percent in the 17-member eurozone compared with [...]

BRUSSELS, Jan. 8 (UPI) -- The unemployment rate in the 17-member eurozone rose to a record 11.8 percent in November, Eurostat said Tuesday. The official data office for the European [...]

BRUSSELS, Dec. 5 (UPI) -- Retail sales dropped in the European Union in October compared with September, the data office Eurostat said Wednesday. In the 27-nation EU, sales slid 1.1 [...]

BRUSSELS, Nov. 30 (UPI) -- The unemployment rate in the 17-member eurozone rose to a record in October, climbing to 11.7 percent after a month at 11.6 percent, Eurostat said [...]

BRUSSELS, Nov. 19 (UPI) -- Construction spending dropped in Europe in September, the European Union's statistical office Eurostat said Monday. Spending dropped 1.4 percent in the 17-member eurozone compared with [...]

BRUSSELS, Oct. 1 (UPI) -- The unemployment rate in the 17-member eurozone rose to a record in June, to a figure matched in July and August, Eurostat said Monday. The [...]

BRUSSELS, Aug. 23 (UPI) -- The European Commission said Thursday the flash estimate of consumer confidence fell in the European Union and the eurozone in August. The flash estimate for [...]

BRUSSELS, Aug. 16 (UPI) -- The 12-month consumer price index in the 17-member eurozone came in at 2.4 percent in July, Eurostat confirmed Thursday. The inflation rate, which saw no [...]

BRUSSELS, July 2 (UPI) -- The unemployment rate in the 17-member eurozone rose to a record 11.1 percent in May, the European Union's data office said Monday. The jobless rate [...]

BRUSSELS, June 5 (UPI) -- Retail sales fell throughout Europe in April compared to March, the official data office Eurostat said Tuesday. Sales receipts in the 17-nation eurozone and the [...]

BRUSSELS, May 14 (UPI) -- Industrial production fell 0.4 percent in Europe in March compared to February, the EU statistical office Eurostat reported Monday. Production fell 0.3 percent in the [...]

BRUSSELS, May 11 (UPI) -- The European Commission on Friday issued lower projections for economic growth on the continent for 2012 and 2013. For the 27-member European Union economic output [...]

BRUSSELS, April 19 (UPI) -- The European Commission said Thursday economic confidence grew weaker in the European Union and in the eurozone in April. In a flash estimate release, the [...]

BRUSSELS, April 18 (UPI) -- Construction spending fell sharply in Europe in February, the European Union's statistical office Eurostat said Wednesday. The spending declined 7.1 percent compared to January in [...]

BRUSSELS, April 17 (UPI) -- The 12-month consumer price index in the 17-member eurozone rose 2.7 percent in March, the European Union's data office estimated Tuesday. The report is 0.1 [...]

BRUSSELS, April 4 (UPI) -- Retail sales fell throughout Europe in February, the official data office Eurostat said Wednesday. Sales receipts in the 17-nation eurozone and the 27-member European Union [...]

BRUSSELS, April 3 (UPI) -- Producer prices in the European Union rose 0.8 percent in February from January, Eurostat, the region's data office, said Tuesday. Producer prices also rose 0.6 [...]

BRUSSELS, April 2 (UPI) -- The unemployment rate in Europe rose in February compared to January, the European Union's data office said Monday. The unemployment rate in the 17-countries that [...]

BRUSSELS, March 14 (UPI) -- Industrial production rose slightly in Europe in January compared to December, the EU statistical office Eurostat reported Wednesday. Production rose 0.2 percent in the 17-member [...]

BRUSSELS, March 2 (UPI) -- Producer prices in the European Union rose 0.7 percent in January from December, Eurostat, the region's data office, said Friday. Producer prices also rose 0.7 [...]