Luxembourg, 14/03/2001 (Agence Europe) - According to a report published by Eurostat on 12 March, in 1999 labour costs continued to show great differences between EU Member States. Thus, in Portugal, the average hourly cost was 7 euro, whereas in Germany, Denmark and Austria it was 27 euro. Other than these last three countries, the highest costs registered were in Belgium and Sweden, the lowest being in the southern countries and in Ireland. On average, labour costs were lower in the United...