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Drug use in Dutch neighbourhoods a ‘growing nuisance’

Some 490,000 Dutch residents said that they experienced nuisance related to drug use in their neighbourhood in 2023, up from 440,000 in 2021.

Industrial production volumes in Estonia decreased by 1.2% in May 2024, compared to the same month the previous year, new data has found.

Luxembourg saw the biggest increase in retail sales by volume in May 2024, reporting a 10.4% increase, new data from Eurostat has found.

Poland saw the biggest increase in house prices in the European Union in the first quarter of 2024, new data from Eurostat has found.

The percentage of smokers in Switzerland continues to decrease, with just 24% of the population over the age of 15 smoking as of 2022.

According to flash estimates from Eurostat, Belgium boasted the highest inflation rate in the euro area in June 2024, of 5.5%.

Spain boasted the highest unemployment rate of all EU member states in May 2024, with a rate of 11.7%, ahead of Greece (10.6%) and Finland (8.2%).

Trade turnover in Finland decreased in May 2024, compared to the same month the previous year, new data from Statistics Finland has found.

The chairman of the Ukrainian Agri Council (UAC), Andrii Dykun, has accused Russia of using “food as a weapon”.

Hungary reported a 24% decline in agricultural output prices in the first quarter of 2024, new data from Eurostat has shown.