The European Union statistical office has an interesting article related to the impact of demographic ageing within the European Union (EU). One of the data tables shows the breakdown of the population for ages 0-14, 15-64, and over 65. The previous chart shows this breakdown by country for the 0-14 and +65 brackets. It's interesting how Ireland is the youngest country by far.

I was reading today in the news that the Venezuelan economy is in real trouble with inflation going through the roof and a lot of shortages even in the most basic products. It's sad that the country with one of the biggest oil reserves in the world is in such a bad shape. The IMF publishes data about inflation, and even if the newest data is from 2014, you can see the upward trend.

Graph with the busiest airports in Europe based on the passenger totals. Data from: Air Passenger Transport Statistics

Yesterday I did a nice bike ride from Berlin to the Wandlitzer lake, located some 30 km north of the capital city. The area is really beautiful as you can see in this picture.

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