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 !!! Data from 2012 !!! Eurostat provide an overview over blogging in Europe Most blogs and personal websites was, in 2012, in Holland, Iceland, Hungary, Denmark and Norway Less appetence to open blogs was in Cyprus, Italy, Poland, Lithuania, Bulgaria and Romania. It was much more popular during the same time period to upload your own content to the text, photo or video content platform such as Youtube and many others. The share of those who upload content on such a platform was 25% (compared to 6% of those who develop their own blogs or personal websites). Among EU members, the highest share of content generation for content platforms was in countries like Denmark, UK, Hungary, Sweden and Portugal (almost a third of population participate more or less). The lowest shares were in Czechia, Malta, Romania, Poland and Bulgaria.

  Individuals - internet activities [ISOC_CI_AC_I__custom_6560047]  - social networks activity By Country - share of people that participate in social networks: creating user profile, posting messages or another activity on Facebook, Twitter etc. Top 5 countries: Norway, Denmark, Hungary, Cyprus, Malta Last 5 countries: France, Germany, Italy, Slovakia, Croatia By regions (NUTS2) According to Eurostat, one of the most popular activities on the internet is participation in social networks, for example, using Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat, TikTok or Twitter. The propensity to make use of such services is closely linked to age. A much higher proportion of younger people use social networks on a regular basis, and young people are also more likely to be early adopters of new apps/services as they seek alternative ways of exchanging text, sound, images, video and other information. In 2021, close to three fifths (57 %) of the EU’s population (aged 16–74 years) participated in socia...

  Broadband internet coverage by speed [ISOC_CBS] https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/bookmark/5218e770-ea03-4087-a9a3-34bb63b6dd6a?lang=en Stats for internet speed in Eu and Worldwide Internet speed is an important factor for many people who use the internet for various purposes, such as streaming, gaming, working, or learning. In this blog post, we will look at some statistics on internet speed in Europe and worldwide, based on data from Speedtest Global Index, Fair Internet Report, and World Population Review. Internet speed in Europe According to Speedtest Global Index, the average mobile internet speed in Europe was 94.76 Mbps in April 2023, while the average fixed broadband speed was 122.39 Mbps. The fastest country in Europe was Denmark, with an average mobile speed of 214.45 Mbps and an average fixed broadband speed of 223.68 Mbps. The slowest country in Europe was Belarus, with an average mobile speed of 25.09 Mbps and an average fixed broadband speed of 29.60 Mbps. ...

  video: top 10 video calling apps Among electronic services, the use of video calls is relatively balanced at the European level. On average, two out of three Europeans use such services - compared to 1 out of 4 ten years ago. The lowest usage rate is in Poland, where, however, over 50% of the population uses video calls with some frequency. Individuals - internet activities [ISOC_CI_AC_I__custom_6557362], Eurostat Video calls are a form of communication that uses the internet to transmit audio and video signals between two or more devices. Video calls can be used for various purposes, such as personal chats, business meetings, online education, telemedicine, and entertainment. The incidence of using video call services increases as services are developed that can use/ facilitate this type of communication. Worldwide, video conferencing has become more popular and accessible in recent years, especially due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the rise of hybrid work models. Acco...

  Individuals - internet activities [ISOC_CI_AC_I__custom_6557362] The lowest rates of use of online courses (below 8% - half of the EU average): Bulgaria, Romania and Turkey (the last is not yet member EU) The highest rates of use of online courses (over 32% - double the EU average): Netherlands video: online education in Netherlands: Top Universities, scholarships, tuition fees, course duration and intake Here are some key statistics about online education worldwide derived from web search results: - The worldwide e-learning market is projected to be worth $325 Billion in 2025¹. - In 2017, approximately 77% of US corporations used online learning, but 98% planned to incorporate it in their program by 2020¹. - The US e-learning market is set to grow by $12.81 billion between 2020 and 2024¹. - E-learning increases retention rates by 25% to 60%¹. - Over 100 million students worldwide have enrolled in open online courses⁴. - Women are more likely to take advantage of online educ...

 Short answer: the nordic people. The less: south-eastern people. With approximately 50% of the population using the Internet, in 2002 Sweden was the country with the best digitized communications. (For many European countries, data from 20 years ago is not available). In 2022, the Nordic countries and the Netherlands have populations that use e-mail services in a proportion of over 90%. In the Balkans and in Romania, the lowest email usage rates are recorded, with almost half of the population not having/not using an email address. Source of data: Eurostat >  https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/ISOC_CI_AC_I__custom_6557362/default/table?lang=en video: Email Pros and Cons The rural population uses less the Internet in general and e-mail in particular. However, urban-rural differences are very small in countries with well-defined digital services and very large in countries where the population uses digital services less.

 infografie Revista Cultura Why do people go to the theater? Why do people go to the theater? How wide is the participation? What do audiences like and attract to theaters? How big are the ticket sales and how dependent are the theaters on allocations from the state or local government budget? How sustainable are drama companies? And generally, how viable are the performing arts? The answers to such questions appear quite rarely because very few segments of the creative industries are commercially competitive and can afford/are interested in carrying out the market studies necessary for effective management. The Institute for Cultural and Media Management at the Freie Universität Berlin has conducted an extensive study on European theater audiences. Two theaters from Romania were also included in the sample. The research included data on infrastructure, resources, organisation, audience, audience, advertising and promotion, as well as viewer responses to closed-ended questionnaires...

  Color code : RED - under 1000 euros / month. AMBER: between 1000 and 2000 euros. PALE GREEN: between 2000 and 3000 euros. DEEP GREEN: between 3000 and 4000 euros. PURPLE: over 4000 euros / month. source: maps.wansait.com https://harti.wansait.com/2023/harta-tarilor-in-care-salariile-profesorilor-sunt-mai-mici-decat-in-romania/ Note: Swiss and Norway are not members of EU, but partners in EEAS Note: The graph include some Balkan countries which have begun accession negotiations to EU According to Euronews, who quote Eurydice database, teachers in France and Italy gain half what they do in Germany  Best payed teachers are in Luxembourg, worse in Albania. see source But, if the average income is somewhat balanced, there are large differences between teachers' gross salaries at the beginning of their teaching careers. Graph: Teachers anual gross revenues in EU, 2020-2021 ref., for starting career