European statistics - direct access to information
Statistical Office of the European Communities Eurostat offers on its website wide scale of information published in English, German and French. Within home page is accessible Statistics Explained, official Eurostat website, performed as encyclopedia, presenting all statistical topics in an easily understandable way.
In case of any problem with orientation on Eurostat web site or difficulties connected with extractions from Eurostat database, please contact the Centre of European Statistical Data Support in the Slovak Republic esds@statistics.sk.
Eurostat databases provide users with on-line free access almost to all official European statistical data compiled by Eurostat. Statistical data can be extracted according to the requirements and parameters specified by users. Click to go straight to the database (known as Data Navigation Tree).
Eurostat Publications are available on-line, free of charge. Electronic version (PDF- format) can be downloaded free of charge.
Release calendar for Euro Indicators
Eurostat News Releases - full view of news releases, which provide the latest information on Euro-Indicators and on social, demographic, regional, agricultural and environmental topics.
EU Bookshop - on-line service for access to publication of institutions, agencies a bodies of the European Union. In addition to on-line bookshop this service offers on-line catalogue and archive of all publications of the European Union.
RAMON - Eurostat's Metadata Server
CODED - Eurostat Concepts and Definitions Database
COMEXT - free of charge database that includes data on foreign trade of the European Union
Access to microdata - access to confidential data, which contains information on individual statistical units.
Other useful links:
The European Statistical System (ESS)
News feeds in RSS format from ESS partners
EUR-Lex provides direct free access to the European Union law. The system makes possible to consult the Official Journal of the European Union and it includes inter alia the treaties, legislation, case-law and legislative proposals.