The region of Prague, Czech Republic, has Europe’s highest number of students out of its young population, followed by Vienna (Austria) and Brussels (Belgium). The highest rate of female employment has been recorded in seven English regions, four Swedish ones and two Finnish ones; at the opposite end of the spectrum are four regions in southern Italy and La Reunion (France). These are some figures provided by the new 2007 Eurostat Regional Yearbook, published for the Open Days, due from today to Thursday 11th October, promoted by the EU Commission and the Committee of the Regions. The book includes statistics and surveys about 268 regional areas in the 27 member states as well as Norway, Switzerland, Iceland and Liechtenstein. Specific sections are about the population, economy, family accounts, housing, tourism and education. According to a survey on the perception of urban areas, the citizens of Prague are those most convinced that in their city "it is easy to find good lodgings at reasonable prices" (index 75), followed by those of Copenhagen (Denmark, index 74) and Dublin (Ireland, 70). Bottom of the list are Naples and Palermo (Italy) and Frankfurt (Germany), with an index of 3. The yearbook can be consulted online at the Eurostat website: http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat.
