Monthly Archives: June 2016

The European Commission and the European Investment Fund (EIF) today launched a €121 million guarantee initiative to support SMEs in the cultural and creative sectors via financial institutions. This scheme is expected to create more than €600 million worth of bank loans over the next six years. Today's initiative allows the EIF to provide guarantees…

About 70 million Europeans lack sufficient reading, writing and numeracy skills, and 40% of the EU population lack a sufficient level of digital skills. This puts them at high risk of unemployment, poverty and social exclusion. On the other hand, 40% of European employers report that they cannot find people with the right skills to…

Significant disparities exist between capital cities in the EU as regards the satisfaction of their inhabitants with the air quality and noise level in them, data from Eurostat has found. Satisfaction levels regarding air quality range from 22% to 88% and for noise levels from 31% to 82%. Nevertheless, in most capitals, inhabitants are generally…