6+ hour, 37+ min ago  (127+ words) Zpr'vy Kurzy. cz Employment rate up, labour market slack down in Q1 2026 In the first quarter of 2026, the employment rate of people aged 20-64 in the EU stood at 76. 3%, up from 76. 2% in the fourth quarter of 2025. Labour market slack " all persons who…...

2+ day, 6+ hour ago  (256+ words) Zpr'vy Kurzy. cz EU unemployment rate in 2025: 6. 0% In 2025, the unemployment rate in the EU was 6. 0% for people aged 15-74 in the labour force, up slightly from 5. 9% in 2024. Among EU countries, Spain had the highest unemployment rate at 10. 5%, followed by Finland (9. 7%) and…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago  (365+ words) Zpr'vy Kurzy. cz In 2025, the share of young people aged 15 to 29 neither in employment nor in education or training (NEET) in the EU stood at 11. 0%, down from 11. 1% in 2024 and 15. 2% in 2015. This brings the EU closer to achieving its goal of…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago  (113+ words) Zpr'vy Kurzy. cz Tackling youth unemployment: MEPs conclude fact-finding visit to La R'union Four MEPs from Parliament's Employment and Social Affairs Committee travelled to La R'union, France, from 26 to 28 May to meet with the secretary general in charge of European…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago  (151+ words) In 2024, 95. 0% of children between the age of 3 and the compulsory starting age for primary education in EU countries were in pre-primary education, up from 91. 2% in 2014. This brings the EU one step closer to achieving the goal set out in the…...

3+ mon, 1+ week ago  (266+ words) As we look at the EU's labour market, data show that while men's employment rate stood at 80. 8% in 2024, women's employment rate was 70. 8%, resulting in a gender employment gap of 10. 0 percentage points (pp). Gender employment gap is defined as the difference…...