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Healthcare

Which European countries are struggling most to meet medical needs?

Unmet medical needs are mostly linked to issues within the healthcare system, such as high costs and long waiting lists. Here's how countries compare.

Economy

Which European countries are seeing taxes outpace real wage growth?

While most European countries experienced higher real post-tax incomes in 2024, some saw a decline, as rises in personal average tax rates outpaced real wage growth.

Economy

Which countries have the highest and lowest pensions in Europe?

The future adequacy of pensions remains under pressure in the EU. Women continue to receive significantly lower pensions than men. Large disparities in pension levels persist across countries.

Economy

Europe’s rising retirement ages: One country leads—which will follow?

Several countries have already implemented reforms to raise the retirement age. The OECD projects that by 2060, the average retirement age in the EU will approach 67, with several countries reaching 70 or more.

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Economy

Take-home pay across Europe: What's left after taxes?

Euronews looks at how take-home pay varies across Europe, based on whether people have children and if the household has one or two earners.

Economy

Energy bills across Europe: What share of the cost is made up of tax?

European countries apply different tax policies to consumer energy prices. This leads to significant differences in the share of energy taxes and VAT in electricity and gas bills.

Business

Top 2024 net earnings in Europe: Where do people make the most money?

In 2024, Northern and Western European countries recorded the highest average net earnings. The gap narrows when adjusted for purchasing power standards, but it remains significant.

Economy

Personal average tax rates in Europe: Increases and cuts in 2024

The tax burden on workers, composed of income tax and social security contributions, varies widely across Europe. In 2024, this burden changed significantly in some countries, with notable rises and falls.

Economy

Europe’s energy bills unplugged: Who pays the most to use the grid?

The share of distribution in energy prices varies significantly across European capital cities. Euronews explores these differences in both electricity and gas bills.

Business

Inside the European centres favoured for cross-border tax planning

Euronews takes a closer look at the favoured corporate tax centres across Europe and its overseas territories.

Economy

Where did real wages rise and fall the most in Europe in 2024?

In 2024, real wage growth was strongest in Eastern Europe. Among the 32 European countries, it declined in only four.

Healthcare

Europe's doctors are getting older. Which countries are most at risk?

Projections reveal that an ageing health workforce is struggling to keep pace with the EU's rapidly ageing population. This is why it's an issue.

Economy

What are the highest and lowest paying jobs in the UK?

Euronews explores the top 40 highest-paying and bottom 40 lowest-paying jobs in the UK, based on the ONS’s 2024 data.

Economy

Average salaries across Europe: Which countries have the highest pay?

Euronews takes a closer look at how average full-time adjusted salaries vary across Europe, both in nominal terms and in purchasing power standards.

Economy

Where do workers pay the highest and lowest taxes across Europe?

Personal income tax rates vary significantly across Europe, with Nordic countries paying the highest and Eastern European countries the lowest. Euronews takes a closer look at the key factors that influence how much individuals pay in tax.

Economy

Foreign jobseekers ditch UK market — with one surprising exception

Foreign interest in UK jobs declined in early 2025. However, interest from the US saw the biggest rise. Experts link this trend to policies under Donald Trump.

Economy

EU employment reaches highest level since 2005 at the end of last year

The employment rate in the EU reached its highest level at the end of 2024, while the unemployment rate recently also came to a record low. Euronews Business takes a closer look at the labour market across Europe.

Economy

Labour costs across Europe: Where are they highest and lowest?

Euronews takes a closer look at the significant differences in labour costs across the EU and the factors driving them.

Economy

Where did house prices and rents rise the most in 2024 across Europe?

Euronews takes a closer look at how house prices and rents evolved across Europe in 2024.

Economy

How long would it take for teachers to afford a house in Europe?

Euronews calculated how many months of salary a teacher would need to buy a 100 m² home across Europe, using data from the OECD and Numbeo.

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