2+ day, 1+ hour ago  (709+ words) Launchpad 2025, the first multi-day testing event organised by the European Commission, took place last December in Brussels, across three full days packed with testing, knowledge-sharing, and community building. It gathered key EUDI implementers, including wallet providers, service providers, and public…...

4+ day, 18+ hour ago  (266+ words) In 2025, EU countries granted protection status to 361 325 asylum seekers, an 18% decrease compared with 2024 (437 735). Of these, 51% were granted refugee status, 25% humanitarian status and 24% subsidiary protection. Compared with 2024, the number of refugee status recipients declined by 0. 5%, while subsidiary protection decreased by 50% and…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago  (259+ words) In January 2026, 51 160 first-time asylum applicants (non-EU citizens) applied for international protection in EU countries, marking a 23% decrease compared with January 2025 (66 745) and a 7% increase compared with December 2025 (47 650). There were also 9 500 subsequent applicants, representing a 9% increase compared with January 2025 (8 710) and a 3% increase…...

2+ week, 20+ hour ago  (286+ words) On 28 February 2026, a total of 4. 40 million non-EU citizens who fled Ukraine had temporary protection status in the EU. Compared with the end of January 2026, the total number of people from Ukraine under temporary protection increased by 22 415 (+0. 5%). The EU countries hosting…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago  (158+ words) European Commission Discover Eurostat's services for media & fact-checkers 2 April marks the International Fact-Checking Day, and Eurostat provides a range of key media and fact-checker support services to help journalists and fact-checkers access reliable data for accurate reporting. If you are…...

3+ week, 6+ day ago  (102+ words) What's on in April? European Commission What's on in April? It is not an April's Fools to say that in the coming month, Eurostat will release another issue of statistical literacy newsletter, take part in the European Youth Week and…...

4+ week, 2+ day ago  (9+ words) Professional homecare services for long-term care, 2024 European Commission...

1+ mon, 1+ day ago  (249+ words) In 2024, nearly 1. 2 million people acquired the citizenship of the EU country where they lived, an increase of 11. 6% (+122 700 people) compared with 2023. The number of citizenships granted jumped by 54. 5% compared with 2014, when a total of 762 100 were attributed." The majority of these new…...

1+ mon, 3+ day ago  (289+ words) In 2025, 669 400 first-time asylum applicants (non-EU citizens) applied for international protection in EU countries, a decrease of 27% compared with 2024 (912 400). This information comes from data on asylum applicants published by Eurostat today. This article presents a handful of findings from the more…...

1+ mon, 3+ day ago  (225+ words) The preliminary 2025 results show that gross domestic product (GDP) per capita " expressed in purchasing power standards to account for price level differences " ranged between 68% of the EU average in Greece and Bulgaria and 239% in Luxembourg. The EU average itself stood…...