London (ots) - - “Cyber Security Report 2024/2025” by Horizon3.ai for the United Kingdom - Cybersecurity expert Keith Poyser: "Half of companies neglect regular assessments of their operational cyber risks, despite it being essential to protect themselves from potential threats and comply with modern legislation." At least half of UK organisations are neglecting to assess their operational cyber risks, despite the ...
Gütersloh (ots) - Many young adults in the EU share the feeling that they are lonely. Around 57 per cent of young Europeans aged from 18 to 35 feel moderately or strongly lonely, according to a new Bertelsmann Stiftung study entitled “Loneliness of Young People Compared across Europe in 2024.” The data for the EU-wide survey derive from the European opinion research tool eupinions. While loneliness among young people ...
Gütersloh (ots) - A clear majority of Europeans are willing to take greater responsibility for their own interests in a changing world order. This is the key finding of an eupinions survey conducted by the Bertelsmann Stiftung in the 27 member states of the European Union. The figures show a clear shift in opinion in Europe: at the end of 2017, only a quarter of citizens wanted more European engagement. The majority of ...
Graz, Austria (ots) - With more than 25 test labs in Austria, the first-ever “Circularity Labs Austria” map demonstrates a concentration in the field of the circular economy that is probably unique in Europe. Most of them, and almost all of them on an industrial, large-scale, are located around the University of Leoben. Companies from Austria and abroad are testing here which raw materials from waste can be used in ...
Gütersloh (ots) - Young Europeans largely take a positive view of the European Union. They are nevertheless less motivated than the older population groups to participate in the European Elections, according to a new "eupinions" poll. Civil rights and combating climate change are of particular significance to them. Young people from the age of 16 in several EU ...
Gütersloh (ots) - 60 percent of Europeans intend to cast their ballots in the European Elections in June. This would be around 10 percent more than in the last elections five years ago. This is the outcome of the new "eupinions" survey conducted by the Bertelsmann Stiftung. The survey also reveals that 75 percent of the European electorate know Ursula von der Leyen by ...
Gütersloh (ots) - The situation for Ukraine is deteriorating in the 2024 election year in the EU and US. While a majority continues to support aid to Ukraine in both the EU and in Germany, this applies primarily to supporters of centrist parties. However, a joint European defence policy enjoys majority backing across party lines: 87 per cent of all EU citizens, and 86 per cent of Germans, support the idea. Two years ...
Gütersloh (ots) - The 18 to 30 generation in Germany has more trust in the European Union than is the case on average in other European countries. But they lack confidence in the German government and parliament. These are the findings of a data analysis commissioned by the Bertelsmann Stiftung. Many young people in Germany have confidence in democracy and in the European Union. In a representative survey of people aged ...
Gütersloh (ots) - The mood on the German apprenticeship market has improved appreciably. However, many young people with low school qualifications see their chances of securing an apprenticeship as poor. It remains to be seen whether the apprenticeship guarantee passed recently by the German federal government will be able to help. Almost three quarters of young ...
Gütersloh (ots) - More than half the EU population doubts the veracity of information on the web. Recognizing fake content and actively countering it comes more easily to those who are young and educated. Almost nine out of every 10 Europeans believe that tech companies, as well as government, should be held responsible. The population in the EU expects greater efforts in the battle against the deliberate dissemination ...
RSD Reise Service Deutschland GmbH
Gütersloh (ots) - One year after Russia began its war of aggression against Ukraine, 61 percent of Europeans are convinced Ukraine will prevail. But worries persist: 68 percent of respondents see the attack on Ukraine as an attack on all of Europe. One year into the war in Ukraine, 61% of Europeans believe that the country will prevail. Germans, however, are not quite so optimistic, although a 55% majority believes in a ...
The Transatlantic Sun&Wind Belt
Vodafone Institut für Gesellschaft und Kommunikation GmbH
Berlin (ots) - - According to new Global Future Pulse survey involving 17,000 citizens across 17 countries worldwide conducted by Kantar and commissioned by the Vodafone Institute - National governments are seen as primarily responsible for tackling climate change - Most respondents agree that their government has ...
KPMG AG Wirtschaftsprüfungsgesellschaft & British Chamber of Commerce in Germany
Berlin (ots) - Around 100 days after Brexit, most companies are experiencing Brexit effects that are more negative than they expected at the beginning of the year. This is evident from a recent survey conducted by KPMG and the British Chamber of Commerce in Germany (BCCG) among 93 member firms of the BCCG. 80 percent of these companies are based in Germany, the rest in ...
Vodafone Institut für Gesellschaft und Kommunikation GmbH
Berlin (ots) - - According to a new survey from the Vodafone Institute, conducted by Kantar, from a sample of over 15,000 citizens across 15 European countries, two out of three Europeans agree that the corona crisis will limit their quality of life in the long run (61%). - Citizens' personal economic situation has only gotten worse – indicators like loss of savings ...
KPMG in Germany & German American Chambers of Commerce
IEVA (Independent European Vape Alliance)
Brussels (ots) - More than 80 percent of smokers who switched to e-cigarettes have completely stopped smoking. Around 65 percent of vapers in Europe use fruit or sweet liquids. These are two important results of a survey carried out by the European Independent Vape Alliance (IEVA). More than 3,300 european ...
Vodafone Institut für Gesellschaft und Kommunikation GmbH
Berlin (ots) - - Vodafone Institute's poll "Digitising Europe Pulse": More than half (54%) of the Europeans state that digital technology can play a big role to solve the problems of climate change. - 65% say that tackling climate change is an overarching issue for citizens, politics and businesses. - 72% are willing to bear higher costs if necessary. - Big majority ...
Vodafone Institut für Gesellschaft und Kommunikation GmbH
Berlin (ots) - - Vodafone Institute poll "Digitising Europe Pulse" across 13 EU member states - People across Europe feel that they are well equipped digitally at home to meet current challenges. Best scores in Germany and Portugal - The majority of EU citizens consider measures of the Federal Government on COVID-19 ...
NTT DATA Business Solutions AG
Vodafone Institut für Gesellschaft und Kommunikation GmbH
Berlin (ots) - More than two-thirds of Europeans (68%) believe that European policy and legislation is having a positive impact on their country's digital development, a new survey of the Vodafone Institute, the European think-tank of the Vodafone Group, has revealed. Citizens in Hungary and Poland (75%) were most convinced that membership of the EU is beneficial to national digital development, compared to people from ...
