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AICESIS Board Meeting

"Makedonia Palace", Thessaloniki

AICESIS Board Meeting

"Makedonia Palace", Thessaloniki

Speech at the meeting of the project “Erasmus of Organized Civil Society” in Paris

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“The Housing Issue and Youth: Challenges and Prospects” - Public Consultation

Thessaloniki City Hall, 30 Μay 2025

Hellenic Parliament

Intervention of the President of the ESC of Greece during the meeting of the Standing Committee on National Defense and Foreign Affairs on a Draft Law of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs

“Demographics-Migration-Labor Markets” - International Conference

2 and 3 December 2024, The Acrpopolis Museum, Athens

“Demographics-Migration-Labor Markets” - International Conference

2 and 3 December 2024 - The Acropolis Museum, Athens

Participation in the meeting of the AICESIS Board in Ivory Coast

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Official visit to the China Economic and Social Council

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ILO-AICESIS-ESC of Greece International Conference

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Official visit of a high-level delegation from the China Economic and Social Council

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Participation in the meeting of the UCESIF Board of Directors in Benin

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Meeting with the President of the Economic, Social and Labor Council of Korea

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Social Dialogue Summit

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AICESIS Board Meeting

"Makedonia Palace", Thessaloniki

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Statistics

In 2024, 3.55 million babies were born in the EU, a 3.3% decrease from the 3.67 million in 2023. The total fertility rate for 2024 was 1.34 live births per woman in the EU, down from 1.38 in 2023.

Source:
Eurostat, 6 March 2026

2025 was another record-setting year for EU tourism, with nearly 3.1 billion nights spent in tourist accommodation establishments across the EU.

Source:
Eurostat, 4 March 2026

In 2024, 4.2 million people immigrated to the EU from non-EU countries. This figure does not include asylum seekers and/or refugees from Ukraine under temporary protection for some countries.

Source:
Eurostat, 27 February 2026

The number of women working as scientists and engineers in the EU has been on the rise. Data show an increase from 3.4 million in 2008 to 5.2 million in 2014, reaching 7.9 million in 2024.

Source:
Eurostat, 11 February 2026

In 2024, 9.2% of the EU population was not able to keep their home adequately warm. Compared with 2023, this represents an improvement of 1.4 percentage point (pp).

Source:
Eurostat, 2 February 2026

In the third quarter of 2025, house prices in the EU went up by 5.5%, while rents increased by 3.1%, compared with the third quarter of 2024.

Source:
Eurostat, 9 January 2026

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