Ireland's unemployment rate remained stable compared with a year ago, at 14.2%, according to the report from the European Union's Eurostat statistical bureau.

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Retail sales across the eurozone have fallen for the second month in a row in March, according to the European Union statistics agency Eurostat.

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Labor costs across the euro zone rose by 3.3%, in the first quarter of 2008, according to data published by the European Union's statistical office Eurostat, in mid June.

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The country's deficit last year stood at 15.4% of its annual economic output, said Eurostat, the European Union's statistics office.

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Greece had an unemployment rate of 21% as of December 2011, according to figures from Eurostat, the European Union statistics office.

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In economic news, the euro zone experienced deflation for the fifth consecutive month as consumer prices fell by 0.1% in October, according to Eurostat, the European Union's statistical agency.

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On October 17th Eurostat, the European Union's statistical office, announced that consumer-price inflation in the Euro area had risen to a six-year high of 2.8% in the year to September.

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Greece had the greatest increase in its unemployment rate of all the European Union countries last year, climbing from 14.3% in December 2010 to 21% a year later, according to figures from Eurostat, the European Union statistics office.

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The data come from the European Health Interview Survey (EHIS) and was published by Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union.

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European exports to non-EU countries rose 12.7% in 2011, with exports to China seeing the biggest increase, up 49%, according to Eurostat, the statistics division for the European Union.

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Faced with such objections, government statisticians in Europe and Canada have concentrated on a different approach, advocated by Mr Keuning and by Eurostat, the statistical arm of the European Union.

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According to Eurostat, in 1998 the Netherlands was still only ninth among the 15 European Union countries.

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