Between April and June (Q2) of this year, tourists spent 258.8 million nights in EU short-term rental accommodation booked through Airbnb, Booking, or Expedia.

The European Commission recently  launched a new initiative to boost women's employment across the Middle East and North Africa.

In 2025, 116 people deceased due to air accidents in the EU involving an EU-registered aircraft, 25 more than in 2024 (91). Since 2021, in total 638 departed in aviation accidents across the EU territory involving EU-registered aircraft.

In 2025, 6.9 million commercial flights were recorded in the EU, an increase of 3.8 percent compared with 2024 (6.7 million). The number of flights has risen continuously since 2021 and, by 2025, had returned to a level similar to the pre-pandemic figure of seven million recorded in 2019.

According to Eurostat, in 2025, 27.5 percent of the EU’s population aged 16 or older were unable to afford one week of annual holidays away from home. This share increased by 0.5 percentage points (pp) compared with 2024, but it is significantly lower (by 7.7 pp) than a decade ago, in 2015.

In 2025, 31.1 percent of all overnight stays in tourist accommodations across the EU took place during the two busiest months; in all EU countries these were August and July. The seasonality of tourism is driven by environmental factors, such as climate conditions and geographical location, together with social and cultural influences, such as school holidays.

The European Commission welcomes the recent political agreement reached by the European Parliament and the Council of the EU on the revision of EU air passenger rights.

In 2023, there were 9.4 million beehives on EU farms. This is a partial picture of all the beehives in the EU, because farm structure statistics only record beehives on farms. Compared with 2020, the number of beehives increased by 1.3 million (+16 percent), from 8.1 million.

As technology reshapes workplaces at an unprecedented pace, some young people are finding their own ways to make a living, turning to self-employment out of creativity and innovation or necessity.

In 2024, 40.8 percent of the EU railway network had two or more parallel tracks, an improvement from 31.8 percent in 1990. Multiple parallel tracks enable more efficient and safer traffic on railway lines, increasing flexibility and reducing the effects of any disturbances.