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Noticeable price changes in June
Get an overview of the most noticeable price changes for selected goods and services.
If you want to know how the prices of all product groups have developed please refer to our price kaleidoscope.
If you want to know by how much your personal inflation rate differs from the official one, just test our "personal inflation calculator".
IN FOCUS / 2017-06-30
UEFA Women's EURO 2017: statistics on the participating countries
In 2015, there were approximately 9.2 million women aged 15 to 34 living in Germany – the perfect age for playing football professionally. Eleven of these 9.2 million women will be on the pitch as of the 16th July, when the UEFAWomen's EURO 2017 begin in the Netherlands.
The Russian Federation statistically has the best chance of picking a winning team. According to United Nations data 19.6 million women aged 15 to 34 lived there in 2015, more than in any of the other 16 finalist countries. However, to date they have yet to win the competition. Of the 11 championships held since 1984 the German team won 8, Norway won 2 and Sweden's female team won 1.
We have compiled some interesting data on the 16 participating countries. You can also directly compare two competing nations with one another head-to-head in terms of football and sport, population, economy, employment and communication.
IN FOCUS / 2017-05-03
Foreign trade: Germany had highest export surplus of EU countries in 2016
France will elect a new president on 7 May. The candidates in the run-off are Marine Le Pen and Emmanuel Macron. In the election campaign, Germany was criticised for its high foreign trade surplus.
According to Eurostat data, Germany had the highest export surplus among EU countries (257 billion euros) in 2016, as was the case in the previous years. Germany exported goods totalling 1,210 billion euros while the value of imports was 953 billion euros. Compared with the previous year, the export surplus rose by roughly 3% - in 2015, it had been 248 billion euros.
Apart from Germany, the Netherlands too achieved a marked surplus in their foreign trade balance. The export surplus amounted to 59 billion euros there. A total of eleven EU countries recorded a positive foreign trade balance. However, France is among the EU countries with the largest foreign trade deficits (-65 billion euros). A larger deficit was recorded only in the United Kingdom (-204 billion euros).
IN FOCUS / 2017-06-23
Holidays in the EU: Denmark is a very expensive destination, Bulgaria the least costly
In some Länder, the summer holidays have already started. Last year Bulgaria was the least expensive destination for holiday-makers in the EU. According to provisional data, the price level of overnight stays in hotels and eating out in restaurants in Bulgaria was 59% below that of Germany in 2016.
Prices were equally low in Romania (-52%). Holiday-makers who travelled to popular tourist destinations such as Croatia or Portugal also spent less money compared with holidays in Germany: they paid 34% and 31% less, respectively, for eating out in restaurants and staying overnight in hotels than in the Federal Republic in 2016.
In many EU countries, however, hotels and restaurants charge higher prices than in Germany: in 2016 this applied for instance to France (+7%) and Ireland (+10%). Tourists in northern Europe had to dig deepest into their pockets. In Denmark, for example, the price level in restaurants and hotels exceeded that of Germany by 38%, in Sweden it was 32% higher. The most expensive countries in Europe for holiday-makers were Switzerland (+53%) and Iceland (+49%).
