EU proposes Erasmus boost
The European Union wants to increase funding for the Erasmus youth exchange programme under the next long-term EU budget.
Job-hungry and disillusioned: Young Italians roam far hoping for work
Young people are most affected by Italy's recent economic crisis. In the upcoming general election, their discontent could help the Five Star Movement score an historic victory.
Youth unemployment, Europe’s unshakeable challenge
Behind a positive picture of European economic recovery is the scourge of youth unemployment, which since the recession of the eurozone debt crisis has been stubbornly immovable.
Erasmus students: Learning in Europe
Erasmus: The European programme to support education, training, youth and sport.
Early school leavers in EU countries
Leaving school early is an obstacle to economic growth and employment in the European Union.
Youth unemployment in the EU
This webgraphic shows the unemployment rate among 15- to 24-year-old youths in 2016.
Generation of Interns?
Is there a future in Europe’s future? Even though the unemployment rate went back among the younger age group, we are still looking at 4 million young people without a job. Many of them try to bridge the time between education and employment by doing an internship first
British families blame Brexit for au pair shortage
Negotiations over Britain's EU withdrawal have started, and some British families are feeling the bite as the number of au pairs from Europe declines.
Canterbury: city of faith, students and Brexit anguish
British university cities such as Canterbury are on the frontline of a political realignment shaped in part by students' revulsion at Brexit.
EU boosts child migrant protection efforts
The EU has announced steps to better protect child migrants.