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Migrant Numbers Increase Despite Decline of ‘Balkan Route’ to EU
New data published by European border security agency Frontex on Monday showed that detections of irregular border crossings at the EU's external borders reached a total of nearly 80,700 in the first four months of 2023.
EU to overhaul process for admitting new members in bid to lift French veto
The European Commission will propose changes to the system for letting new countries into the EU to give existing members more say, in a bid to mollify France which has vetoed expansion of the bloc to six countries in the Balkans.
EU Households Spend over €1.1 Trillion on Transport
In 2018, households in the European Union (EU) spent 13.2% of their total consumption expenditure on transport. This represents a total expenditure of over €1.1 trillion, equivalent to 7.2% of the EU's GDP or €2 220 per EU inhabitant, Erostat data showed.
Will Brexit pose threat to Britain’s sporting hegemony?
Can British sport, which has benefited massively from the opening of European borders, survive Brexit? Experts say the uncertainty created by Britain's probable EU exit could undermine the multi-billion-dollar Premier League and Formula One.
Lagarde: Greece must combat youth unemployment with reforms
Greece, as well as Spain, Italy and Portugal, should fight high youth unemployment levels with labor market reforms, less bureaucracy for business and investment in innovation, International Monetary Fund chief Christine Lagarde said on Thursday.
Germany Could Implement 130 kmph Speed Limit on Autobahn
German highways, popularly known as autobahns, are famous for having no speed limit. But that could change soon, reported rushlane.com
Bulgarians Spend Average of 640 Leva on a Trip Abroad
In the third quarter of the year 1 882.7 thousand Bulgarian citizens over 15 years of age have made travel trips. The majority of them - 79.8% - traveled only in the country, 14.8% - abroad and 5.4% traveled both in the country and abroad. This shows the preliminary data of the National Statistical Institute, reports money.bg
As investment stalls, auto industry warns May: Avert a Brexit car crash
Uncertainty over Brexit has halved new investment in the British car industry and Prime Minister Theresa May should urgently change tack and keep the world's fifth largest economy in the EU's customs union, the country's main car lobby group said.
Macron Wants to Return the Official Status of the French Language
On Friday, June 15, it became known that the President of France Emmanuel Macron wants to make French the main language of the European Union. He believes it is logical in connection with the forthcoming British exit from the EU.
Macron Launches Drive to Boost French Language Around World
The French president, Emmanuel Macron, is to spend hundreds of millions of euros boosting the French language worldwide, in a push to overtake English in Africa, increase the use of French online and teach French to more European officials to loosen the grip of the English language on Brussels, reported the Guardian.