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A recently published study from the European Parliament outlines the EU’s demographic future: in 2080, if current trends continue, the EU population will fall from the current 513 million people to 504 million, while flight from rural areas shows no sign of slowing.

Eurostat has just published the 2020 report on EU progress towards the Sustainable Development Goals. Those where it has underperformed particularly affect women.

We have gathered data on excess deaths from 500 European regions to better understand the spread of the virus. Some regions report up to three times as many deaths as usual since March, but a large part of Europe has been able to live through the first wave of the pandemic without any significant excess death.

For weeks, Spain and Italy were epicentres of the COVID-19 pandemic. Their health defences had an important gap, which had a major impact on the way the disease hit the countries.

The Covid-19 crisis brought about unprecedented reductions in CO2 emissions and energy consumption, benefiting renewables. This effect may be temporary however – but it could also mark the beginning of an ecological transition compatible with safeguarding the planet.

An exclusive investigation reveals that Instagram prioritises photos of scantily-clad men and women, shaping the behaviour of content creators and the worldview of 140 millions Europeans in what remains a blind spot of EU regulations.