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One in three Greeks live in conditions of poverty social exclusion, compared to an average of one in four citizens in European Union countries, according to data for 2016 that the EU's statistics service Eurostat made public on Monday.

Specifically, 35.5 percent of the Greek population (3.8 million people) were living in social exclusion last year compared to 28.1 percent in 2008.

Bulgaria is the EU leader in spending public funds in the area of ​​public housing and public amenities. This takes into account Eurostat's analysis of "Housing Policy in the EU" in 2015, quoted by BTA.

Greece's economic sentiment index edged higher this month, according to a Eurostat survey published Wednesday, although it remained in pessimistic territory.

The country's ESI reading for August was 99 points, its highest in 12 months, up from 98.2 points in July. The line between pessimism and optimism is 100 points.

The case of Greece's former statistics chief Andreas Georgiou, who was convicted earlier this month of "breach of duty" for having failed to tell statistics agency ELSTAT's board that he had sent Greek fiscal data for 2009 to its European counterpart Eurostat, will be examined by the upcoming Euro Working Group (which prepares decisions at meetings of the eurozone's finance ministers), Kathimer

Latest Eurostat data says that the minimum wage in the EU's richest member-state - Luxembourg is 9 times higher than the one in the poorest member - Bulgaria.

It is EUR 1,999 in Luxembourg and EUR 235 in Bulgaria, reported Econ.bg.

Ireland, Holland, Belgium and Germany are also on the Top 5 list with minimum wages ranging from EUR 1,563 to EUR 1, 498.

In Romania are recorded the lowest rates of people cannot afford having holidays. Eurostat pointed out that more than 6 in 10 people could not afford a one-week annual holiday away from home in Romania (66.6%) and Croatia (62.8%). Over half the population in Bulgaria (56.4%), Greece (53.6%), Cyprus (53.5% in 2015) and Hungary (50.7%) face difficulties in spending money for some days off.

Last year the population of the European Union increased by 1.5 million and reached 511.8 million. This is mainly due to the immigrants who come to live on the continent. Data is from the EU statistical institute - Eurostat, quoted by Mediapool.

Similar to statistics of human population, business demography describes the life cycle of the enterprises; their birth, survival and development until death. More specifically business demography supplies data on number of active enterprises, number of newborn enterprises, proportion of survived enterprises and data on changes in employment figures at specific moment in time.

Household prices in Bulgaria registered one of the biggest increases in the first quarter in the European Union on an annual basis - 8.8%. This shows latest Eurostat data released on Wednesday. Reports Investor. 

Thus our country ranks fifth in the ranking, with the Czech Republic having a 12.7% increase. Lithuania followed by Lithuania (10.2%), Latvia (10.1%) and Ireland (8.9%).

Romania was one of the EU countries with large population decreases last year. The population increased in 18 EU member states and decreased in ten in 2016, according to data from EU's statistical office Eurostat, Romania Insider writes.