European Union
April 22, 2017 10,854 Investments
Average Salary in European Union 2017
For the fourth year in row I'm publishing my humble observations on average salary changes in European Union. In this article I've decided to compare average salary in 2017 with 2014. For previous archives see: Average salary in EU: 2016, 2015, 2014 I wouldn't call bellow written a scientific research, as most of the data in this article are taken from Wikipedia's article List of European countries by average wage. To make it more interesting I've added year of 2014...
March 21, 2017 2,385 Economic notes
What's Minimum Wage in European Union 2017
This is already third annual article covering minimum wage and its disproportion among 22 of 28 European Union member countries. Feel free to browse through the archives for previous years, before proceeding, see: 2016, 2015, 2014 #mc_embed_signup{background:#fff; clear:left; font:14px Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; width:100%;} /* Add your own MailChimp form style overrides in your site stylesheet or in this style block. We recommend moving this block and...
July 15, 2016 1,878 Economic notes
Life Expectancy in European Union 2015
In today's article - Life expectancy in European Union (EU). Life expectancy equals the average number of years a person born in a given country expected to live if mortality rates at each age were to remain steady in the future. In following table I have listed the life expectancy separately for males and females, as well as a combined figure in EU in year 2015. There was an average life expectancy in EU of 79.6 years for both female and male. With higher life expectancy for...
July 14, 2016 72,878 Economic notes
Average Salary in European Union 2016
My previous two articles about average salaries in European Union (EU) member countries turned out to be one of the most popular on blog so far, I would even call them killer articles. #mc_embed_signup{background:#fff; clear:left; font:14px Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; width:100%;} /* Add your own MailChimp form style overrides in your site stylesheet or in this style block. We recommend moving this block and the preceding CSS link to the HEAD of your HTML file...
March 15, 2016 8,338 Economic notes
Minimum Wages in European Union 2016
In 2016 there were 22 out of 28 European Union member states with official minimum wage set by government. #mc_embed_signup{background:#fff; clear:left; font:14px Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; width:100%;} /* Add your own MailChimp form style overrides in your site stylesheet or in this style block. We recommend moving this block and the preceding CSS link to the HEAD of your HTML file. */ Signup for the latest investment articles Update...
July 20, 2015 158,030 Economic notes
Average Salary In European Union 2015
My previous post about average salary in European Union for 2014 generated some buzz on social networks (Facebook, Reddit, Twitter) and on other websites, in total it has generated more than 15,000 page views. I decided to compare how does average salary have changed a year latter. And I found following; Average median salary has decreased for about -1.3% in European Union in 2015, resulting in EUR 1470 / USD 1631 down from EUR 1489 / USD 1861 in 2014. #mc_embed_signup{...
July 12, 2015 54,351 Economic notes
What Is Minimum Wage In European Union 2015
A year ago I created a blog post about minimum wages in European Union in 2014, that post generated a lot of views (more than 20,000 page views) and some buzz (got shared on Facebook, Reddit and many other websites) #mc_embed_signup{background:#fff; clear:left; font:14px Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; width:100%;} /* Add your own MailChimp form style overrides in your site stylesheet or in this style block. We recommend moving this block and the preceding CSS link to the HEAD...
January 25, 2015 1,136 Geopolitics
Armenia-EU: Brussels opens door to Association Agreement with Yerevan
Damned I'm confused, today I red an article on armenianow.com - Armenia-EU: Brussels opens door to Association Agreement with Yerevan, you might wonder why I'm surprised?Since January 2, Armenia is a full member of Eurasian Union (curated by Russia), as far as I remember Russia is not willing member countries of EAU to sign any treaties with EU at all. For now - I can say just one - I highly doubt Armenia will sign anything with EU, but time will show.I'm republishing article from... December 14, 2014 1,265 Geopolitics
Does Turkey is seeking closer ties with Russia and coming Eurasian Union?
More than year a ago I published article Turkey could join Eurasian Union were I tried to compare economy of Turkey by using GDP and GDP per capita for time period 2000-2012.I found that Turkey might reach $1 trillion of GDP by the end of 2016, so did I found that Economy of Turkey has increased for about 3 times (2000-2012)I did used following words a year ago:That said makes me think, that Turkey has no serious plans to join Eurasian Union. IMHO Turkey is teasing European Union. And... December 13, 2014 910 Caucasus overview
European Union Will assist Georgia with €46 million in grants and loans in 2015
Georgia can count on continuing support from the European Union. Pierre Moscovici, the European Commissioner for Economic and Financial Affairs, Taxation and Customs, signed the Memorandum of Understanding for a €46 million Macro-Financial Assistance (MFA) programme to Georgia.The assistance will be distributed evenly between grants and loans and will be disbursed in two equal tranches in 2015.The MFA programme is intended to strengthen Georgia's balance of payments and budgetary position and...
December 02, 2014 98,911 Economic notes
Average Salary in European Union 2014
A time ago I measured what is the minimum government set wage in European Union (EU). It turned out - the most minimum wage is received in Luxembourg while the least in Romania. In today's article - average salary in EU for the year of 2014. Update: See latest update on average salary in EU: Average Salary in European Union 2016 #mc_embed_signup{background:#fff; clear:left; font:14px Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; width:100%;} /* Add your own MailChimp form style...
July 27, 2014 1,906 Economic notes
GDP in European Union 2013
European Union if looked at it as a whole solid brick economy - could be named as a Worlds largest economy by GDP. But European Union still consists of 28 independent countries. I won't discuss in this article about - are they really independent, or how dependent National Parliaments are on Brussels, but I will look at GDP in each country in European Union. GDP in European Union 2013 2012 $ (bln) 2013 $ (bln) Growth $ (mln) Growth % % of Total GDP...
July 23, 2014 7,239 Economic notes
GDP Per Capita in European Union 2013
European Union consist of 28 member states. Some would say - Europe is United. Is it so? Let's figure out, who lives better and who not. 2012 2013 Change $ Growth % Luxembourg 103859 111162 7303 6.569691081 Denmark 56364 58930 2566 4.354318683 Sweden 55039 58164 3125 5.372739151 Austria 46792 49074 2282 4.650120227 Netherlands 45961 47617 1656 3....
July 21, 2014 34,489 Economic notes
Minimum Wages in European Union 2014
Minimum wage is set by government minimum standard of guaranteed income (hourly/monthly) that worker should receive for work he/she performs. In 2014, there were 22 countries out of 28 in European Union, which had their national minimum wages set. Update: For a complete list with minimum wages in EU for 2017, please visit: Minimum Wages in European Union 2017 #mc_embed_signup{background:#fff; clear:left; font:14px Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; width:100%;} /* Add your own...
July 20, 2014 2,019 Caucasus overview
Georgia Plans To Have Full membership in EU in 5-10 Years
Recently Georgia signed Association Agreement with EU, which includes Free Trade agreement with EU as well. Georgian Politicans were so happy, that they rushed to announce some great plans - and so MP of Georgia announced, that Georgia is eagger to have full EU membership in next 5-10 years. So far so good. On the other hand, newly elected president of European Commission Jean-Claude Juncker has already announced, that he is not willing to see any enlargement in European Union...
June 30, 2014 2,188 Economic notes
Ukraine GDP per capita
Ukraine GDP per capita in 2012 was about $3.866 thousands. Compared to other countries GDP per capita is low. Not to say very low. Ukraine together with Moldova and Georgia recenlty signed Association Agreement with European Union - and that opens European market for them. Will those countries benefits from that and will it eventually lead them to full membership in European Union - time will show.Some time ago I measured GDP growth in Ukraine, and pattern I noticed was that Ukraine has 3 times...
June 27, 2014 1,873 Geopolitics
Georgia has signed Association Agreement with European Union
Today, June 27Th is a "magnificent" day for Georgia, or at least it's politics. Today Georgia in Brussels has signed Association Agreement with European Union. Together with Georgia association agreement was signed by Ukraine and Moldova as wellWhy I'm saying "magnificent" - let me explain:I'm neither Euro-pessimist or Euro-optimist. I'm trying to be neutral. I support democracy and transparency, I support European "values" - whatever they are. And I support Georgia's efforts to stay on Euro...
June 24, 2014 1,301 Geopolitics
South Ossetia wants to join Russia
Separatist republic of South Ossetia, which separated from Georgia after short 5 days Georgia-Russia war, will held a referendum to join Russian Federation.I presume that right now while all world is watching events happening in Ukraine, Donbass, Slavyansk, few have heard about situation in South Ossetia.On the other hand, what makes me puzzled, here in Georgia, it's not heard from many as well. Seems that Georgia omits events in it's breakaway territory, in order to sign a Association... April 30, 2014 939 Economic notes
Romania - a brief overview
Yesterday I took a brief overview of Moldova, today I'm willing to briefly see how neighbouring Romania looks like. Romania - basic dataPopulation: 21.33GDP: 169.4 billion USD (2012)GDP per capita: 7.942 thousands USD (2012)Romania since 2007 is a full member state of European Union. Together with Bulgaria they counts as poorest countries in EU in terms of wealth. Although Romania is about 4 times richer than neighbouring Moldova, it is about 5 times poorer than Germany. Since...
December 18, 2013 652 Economic notes
Ukraine gets cheaper gas
Remember my doubts about fact Ukraine signing EU association agreement? As you may know, Ukraine didn't sign that agreement. Today I red an article that Ukraine will get cheaper gas from Russia (Gazprom). So, by saying that - is there any doubts that Ukraine in close future as well won't sign such agreement with EU? How much cheaper will it be? Russian president Vladimir Putin has announced that price for 1000 cubic meters will be $268,5 instead of $400 now. http://...
November 29, 2013 723 Geopolitics
Ukraine declines to sign association agreement with EU
As I previously wrote - Ukraine decided not to sign agreement of association with EU.Ukraine did not signed an association agreement with the EU at the Eastern Partnership summit in Vilnius.As of now, leaders of the EU and the Eastern Partnership went to a plenary session of the summit, Interfax reports.A press conference is expected to follow.The issue of signing of an association agreement between Ukraine and the EU remained an intrigue until the last moment.Despite numerous statements by...
November 02, 2013 1,667 Geopolitics
Turkey could join Eurasian Union
That said makes me think, that Turkey has no serious plans to join Eurasian Union. IMHO Turkey is teasing European Union. And why shouldn't? Turkey has long, long history on it's attempts to join European Union, but there always are some obstacles from EU side. And that makes Turkey angry.From one side - EU is feeling fears, if Turkey will join EU, then mass migration of Turkish job seekers will over flood EU, on other hand it sounds kinda ridiculous.Germany, the main country against Turkey in...
October 25, 2013 1,900 Economic notes
European Union - The smallest economies by GDP Nominal 2012
European Union with 28 member states, with population reaching over 500 millions, for some might sound as the Worlds largest Economy, if looking to European Union as a whole, solid brick creature. In 2012, GDP in EU was $16.6 trillions. But lets break things up, and see what makes European Union? Today I would like to speak about smallest economies of EU The Smallest economies of European Union: I decided to call a small economy, if it's Gross Domestic Product is less than $100 billions...
October 15, 2013 1,048 Economic notes