Italy's 2024 Business Climate: Positive Net Growth Masks Regional Disparities and Zero-Start-Up Municipalities
In 2024, Italy recorded a net increase of 36,856 businesses, despite a low rate of new business creation and a significant rise in municipalities with zero new business registrations—478 in total, compared to 212 in 2004. Growth was concentrated in professional services, construction, and hospitalit...
Italy's 2024 Business Climate: Positive Net Growth Masks Regional Disparities and Zero-Start-Up Municipalities
In 2024, Italy recorded a net increase of 36,856 businesses, despite a low rate of new business creation and a significant rise in municipalities with zero new business registrations—478 in total, compared to 212 in 2004. Growth was concentrated in professional services, construction, and hospitalit...
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20% Bias Score
Labour's Levelling Up Shift Faces Deep Regional Divides
The Labour government renamed the Department for Levelling Up, shifting its focus to national living standards; however, a Centre for Cities report reveals persistent regional economic inequalities, with London workers earning 68% more than those in Burnley, highlighting challenges for Labour's appr...
Labour's Levelling Up Shift Faces Deep Regional Divides
The Labour government renamed the Department for Levelling Up, shifting its focus to national living standards; however, a Centre for Cities report reveals persistent regional economic inequalities, with London workers earning 68% more than those in Burnley, highlighting challenges for Labour's appr...
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40% Bias Score
Fragmented Healthcare System in Italy: Inequity and Inefficiency
The decentralized Italian healthcare system, established in 2001, faces challenges due to regional fragmentation, leading to communication problems, duplicated tests, and inequitable access to care, with the most vulnerable populations being disproportionately affected.
Fragmented Healthcare System in Italy: Inequity and Inefficiency
The decentralized Italian healthcare system, established in 2001, faces challenges due to regional fragmentation, leading to communication problems, duplicated tests, and inequitable access to care, with the most vulnerable populations being disproportionately affected.
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52% Bias Score
Vast Salary Gaps in Spain: Finance vs. Agriculture
In 2023, average Spanish salaries were \$23,000, but Madrid finance employees earned \$63,895, while Andalusian agricultural workers earned only \$7,703, highlighting vast income disparities across sectors and regions.
Vast Salary Gaps in Spain: Finance vs. Agriculture
In 2023, average Spanish salaries were \$23,000, but Madrid finance employees earned \$63,895, while Andalusian agricultural workers earned only \$7,703, highlighting vast income disparities across sectors and regions.
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16% Bias Score
Europe's Housing Cost Crisis: Wide Regional Disparities Revealed
The OECD's "Regions and Cities at a Glance 2024" report highlights significant regional disparities in European housing costs; for instance, in the UK, London's housing costs are 51% above the national average, while in Italy, Campania's housing costs reach 31.2% of disposable income.
Europe's Housing Cost Crisis: Wide Regional Disparities Revealed
The OECD's "Regions and Cities at a Glance 2024" report highlights significant regional disparities in European housing costs; for instance, in the UK, London's housing costs are 51% above the national average, while in Italy, Campania's housing costs reach 31.2% of disposable income.
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24% Bias Score
Record 12,114 Social Entrepreneurs Registered in Russia
Russia's social entrepreneurship register reached 12,114 companies in December 2023, a record high showing an 11.7% increase year-over-year; Moscow Oblast leads with 1137 registered businesses, while regional disparities highlight the need for broader support and promotion.
Record 12,114 Social Entrepreneurs Registered in Russia
Russia's social entrepreneurship register reached 12,114 companies in December 2023, a record high showing an 11.7% increase year-over-year; Moscow Oblast leads with 1137 registered businesses, while regional disparities highlight the need for broader support and promotion.
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44% Bias Score
Spanish Youth Lead in Reading Increase, but Time Constraints Remain
The 2024 Spanish Ministry of Culture's reading habits barometer shows that 75.3% of 14–24 year olds read books in their free time, a 5% increase from last year, while 65% of Spaniards over 14 read, with a 6% increase since 2017; however, lack of time is the main reason 34.5% don't read, leading to a...
Spanish Youth Lead in Reading Increase, but Time Constraints Remain
The 2024 Spanish Ministry of Culture's reading habits barometer shows that 75.3% of 14–24 year olds read books in their free time, a 5% increase from last year, while 65% of Spaniards over 14 read, with a 6% increase since 2017; however, lack of time is the main reason 34.5% don't read, leading to a...
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52% Bias Score
German Democracy Satisfaction Varies Widely, Especially in East
A study reveals that 53 percent of East Germans and 36 percent of West Germans are dissatisfied with democracy, although 98 percent support the idea; the disparity is linked to historical factors and regional economic inequalities.
German Democracy Satisfaction Varies Widely, Especially in East
A study reveals that 53 percent of East Germans and 36 percent of West Germans are dissatisfied with democracy, although 98 percent support the idea; the disparity is linked to historical factors and regional economic inequalities.
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44% Bias Score
Contrasting Approaches to Cultural Preservation in Spain
The Spanish Ministry of Culture purchased Casa Gomis in Barcelona for €7.2 million, while failing to secure Velintonia, the Madrid home of poet Vicente Aleixandre, despite a €3.2 million bid and a court rejection of a regional government's purchase offer; this highlights inconsistencies in the minis...
Contrasting Approaches to Cultural Preservation in Spain
The Spanish Ministry of Culture purchased Casa Gomis in Barcelona for €7.2 million, while failing to secure Velintonia, the Madrid home of poet Vicente Aleixandre, despite a €3.2 million bid and a court rejection of a regional government's purchase offer; this highlights inconsistencies in the minis...
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56% Bias Score
Italy's Fragmented Healthcare System Criticized by "The Lancet
The Lancet" condemns Italy's fragmented healthcare system, costing \3.3 billion yearly due to repeated tests across regions and hindering research, while the proposed differentiated autonomy risks worsening regional disparities.
Italy's Fragmented Healthcare System Criticized by "The Lancet
The Lancet" condemns Italy's fragmented healthcare system, costing \3.3 billion yearly due to repeated tests across regions and hindering research, while the proposed differentiated autonomy risks worsening regional disparities.
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60% Bias Score
Regional Disparities in Russian Housing Affordability Highlight Uneven Economic Development
Key Capital's analysis reveals stark regional differences in Russian new-home affordability: Chechnya tops the list (13 sq m/person annually), while Tyva has the lowest (2.9 sq m), reflecting varying economic development rates and investment levels.
Regional Disparities in Russian Housing Affordability Highlight Uneven Economic Development
Key Capital's analysis reveals stark regional differences in Russian new-home affordability: Chechnya tops the list (13 sq m/person annually), while Tyva has the lowest (2.9 sq m), reflecting varying economic development rates and investment levels.
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32% Bias Score
Urban-Rural Mortgage Divide Widens in Ontario
A study reveals that while 71 percent of urban first-time homebuyers in Ontario used Big Five banks in the first half of 2024, only 55 percent of rural buyers did, highlighting an urban-rural divide in mortgage lending, driven by lender availability, bank approaches to rural properties, and monoline...
Urban-Rural Mortgage Divide Widens in Ontario
A study reveals that while 71 percent of urban first-time homebuyers in Ontario used Big Five banks in the first half of 2024, only 55 percent of rural buyers did, highlighting an urban-rural divide in mortgage lending, driven by lender availability, bank approaches to rural properties, and monoline...
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36% Bias Score