Equality bodies in Europe
Equality bodies are national institutions that tackle discrimination in society. Building on Equinet data, OBCT has developed an Index to assess the effectiveness of these institutions.
Robots will never completely replace people
By 2030, as many as 20 million manufacturing jobs will be lost to robots, according to a report published by Oxford Economics, a global forecasting company. Some people have already started to fight back – in the footsteps of the 19th-century Luddites – deliberately sabotaging the robots they work with on a daily basis. They are afraid that these robots will take over their jobs.
One in ten Europeans lives on tourism
Tourism is growing fast worldwide, and faster Europe. In 2018 the sector expanded by more than 6%, and now accounts for 10% of the EU's total GDP. People in the industry are working to make tourism smarter and to relieve well-known destinations where locals are fed up with visitors. We look at the last four years of tourism in numbers.
The wave of unauthorized immigrants came and ended already three years ago
Unauthorized immigrants living in European countries reached a peak in 2016 and have been decreasing since then.
Secret to a long life? More money for healthcare
In Western Europe and Scandinavia, people spend more on healthcare and live longer, while in Central and Eastern Europe and the Baltic States, less money is spent and life expectancy at birth is lower too. The EU average for healthcare spending is 9.9 percent of GDP. In Hungary it is 7.4 percent.
Are the rich getting richer in Europe?
An overview of the distribution of wealth in Europe. What has changed from the 1980s to today?
More speed cameras lead to fewer accidents. Europe already knows this
In Poland, we are still talking about increasing the number of speed cameras. In many other countries that debate is over and the conclusions are simple: speed cameras reduce the number of deaths on the road. Sometimes by as much as 70%.
The von der Leyen Commission: climate change and international governance
After months of delays, the von der Leyen Commission is finally set to take office on the first of December. What did the last few months involve, and why did it take so long?
How to calculate travel distance between places and each point of the European population grid
You've got some coordinates and the European population grid: how to calculate the travel distances? A step-by-step presentation of a possible strategy based on OpenStreetMap.
The EU carbon market, serving its purpose at last?
Without a high enough carbon price, surplus emissions permits will remain high and the European carbon market will remain broken.
