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As Eurostat reports that Portugal's deficit has increased by 7 billion - tipping it six full percentage points over the government's expectations - a damning new report commissioned by the IMF has concluded that austerity, when all is said and done, ...

TEHRAN Trade between Iran and the European Union amounted to €2.8 billion in the first five months of 2014, a 5 percent increase compared to the same period in 2013, according to the EU statistics agency Eurostat. The EU exported €2.415 ...

According to first estimates from Eurostat, seasonally adjusted production in the construction sector fell by 1.5% in the euro area (EA18) and by 1.6% in the EU28 in May 2014, compared with April 2014. In April 2014, production in construction rose ...

Eurostat latest updates showed that seasonally adjusted production in theconstruction sector fell by 1.5% in the euro area during in May 2014 comparedwith April 2014. Production in construction rose by 0.4% in April month. Annuallyeuro area ...

Eurostat latest updates showed that euro area annual inflation was 0.5% in June 2014, stable compared with May. A year earlier the rate was 1.6%. Monthly inflation was 0.1% in June 2014. The annual core inflation rate inched up to 0.8% from 0.7% ...

EU's net imports of benzene grew 34.3% year on year to 92,972 mt in May following a significant drop in exports, Eurostat data released Wednesday showed. Over the first five months of the year, EU's net imports totaled 263,244 mt, a 48.3% ...

Eurozone construction output declined notably in May, after rebounding in the previous month, figures from Eurostat showed Thursday. Construction output fell 1.5 percent monthly in May, after rebounding 0.4 percent increase in the previous month, ...

The euro area trade surplus increased marginally in May after exports and imports recovered from April, Eurostat reported Wednesday. The trade surplus increased to a seasonally adjusted EUR 15.3 billion from EUR 15.2 billion in April. On an ...

(Follow @steelguru on Twitter for important updates) According to estimates from Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union, In May 2014 compared with April 2014, seasonally adjusted industrial production1 fell by 1.1% in both the euro ...