The combined unemployment rate of the 27 European Union member states was 9.5% in November 2009, the worst is the situation in Spain and Latvia, where the unemployment rate is 19,4% and 22.3%, respectively.
The unemployment rate of eurozone – the 16 countries that use euro as their currency – was slightly higher than EU27’s rate – 9.5%, according to Eurostat.
In October, EU27’s unemployment rate was 9.4%, and eurozone’s respective figure in October was 9.9%, which …

The United Kingdom is slightly cheaper than an average European Union country, according to European statistics agency Eurostat.
Eurostat compares the price levels in all 27 European Union countries and the United Kingdom scored at 99% – meaning it’s one per cent cheaper than the overall average of the 27 nations.
The most expensive country in the EU is Denmark with 141% of the average, followed by Ireland (127%) and Finland (125). Finland used to be the …