Brussels, 05/11/2007 (Agence Europe) - Eurostat, the Statistical Office of the European Communities, has gathered for the first time the main culture statistics comparable at EU level in a single publication, 'Cultural Statistics'. The publication has chapters on cultural employment, enterprises and foreign trade and statistics on cultural expenditure and involvement in cultural life in 2005 in the EU27 (some figures cover 2004 and 2006).
Characteristics of the culture economy: 1) Cultural...