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For the fourth year in a row, I'm publishing my humble observations on average salary changes in the European Union. In this article, I've decided to compare average salary in 2017 with 2014.  Update: Average Salary in European Union 2018 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…

This is already fourth annual article covering minimum wage and its disproportion among 22 of 28 European Union member countries. Update: Minimum Wages in European Union 2018 Feel free to browse through the archives for previous years, before proceeding, see: 2016, 2015, 2014 In 2017 there were 22 out of 28 European Union member states with official minimum wage set by the government. N.B. Countries that don't have a minimum wage set by the government in European Union - Austria, Denmark,…

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 females (82.4)…

My previous two articles about average salaries in European Union (EU) member countries turned out to be one of the most popular on the blog so far, I would even call them killer articles.  The first post about average salary in EU for 2014 - got more than 85,000 page views; post about average salary in EU 2015 got more than 90,000 page views to the date Update: Average Salary in European Union 2018 In today's article, I will wrap up latest data on the average salary in EU for 2016. I…

In 2016 there were 22 out of 28 European Union member states with official minimum wage set by the government. Update: Minimum Wages in European Union 2018 The most are receiving residents of Luxembourg (EUR 1,923.00) while the least in Bulgaria (EUR 215).  By simple calculations, I averaged the average minimum wage in 22 EU member states - EUR 810.82. In most of the member countries there is an increase in minimum wage in 2016, still, there is one country with sharp decrease. N.B.…

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 later. Update: Average Salary in European Union 2018 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…

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) Update: Minimum Wages in European Union 2018 I decided to look back and compare how does minimum wage has changed in European Union member countries a year later (2015) Minimum wage in European Union 2015 In short - minimum wage has been increased almost in every country,…

<p>More than year a ago I published article&nbsp;<a href="http://www.reinisfischer.com/turkey-could-join-eurasian-union">Turkey could join Eurasian Union</a>&nbsp;were I tried to compare economy of Turkey by using GDP and GDP per capita for time period 2000-2012.</p><p>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)</p><p>I did used…

<p>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.</p><p>The assistance will be distributed evenly between grants and loans and will be disbursed in two equal tranches in 2015.</p><p>The MFA programme is intended to strengthen Georgia…