30% of youngsters aged between 25-34 have higher education diploma according to Eurostat. - During the Bologna summit on 28-29 April (EUROPE 9892), Eurostat, the Statistical Office of the European Communities, issued a report "The Bologna Process in Higher Education in Europe - Key indicators on the social dimension and mobility”. According to this report, 30% of those aged 25-34 had graduated from tertiary education, compared with 25% of those aged 35-44 and 19% of those aged 45-64, apart from in Germany. The highest shares of tertiary education graduates in the youngest age group were found in Cyprus (47%), Ireland (44%), France (42%), Belgium (41%) and Denmark and Sweden (40% each), and the lowest in the Czech Republic (16%), Romania (17%), Slovakia (18%), Italy and Austria (both 19%). Eurostat also indicates that higher education rates increased more among women than among men. Mobility of students is one of the goals of the Bologna Process. In 2006, 7.5% of students enrolled in tertiary education in the EU27 were foreign students, compared with 5.3% in 2000. The proportion of foreign students rose between 2000 and 2006 in all member states except Latvia, Romania and Slovakia. The proportion of foreign students in 2006 was higher than 10% in the United Kingdom (18.3%), Austria (15.6%), France (14.6%), Belgium (14.3%), Germany and Sweden (both 12.8%), and less than 1% in Poland (0.5%), Lithuania (0.8%) and Slovakia (0.9%). In 2006, 2.6% of students originating from one of the EU27 member states were enrolled in tertiary education in a European country other than their country of origin, compared with 2.1% in 2000. The highest rates in 2006 were observed in Cyprus (78.7%), Malta (10.6%), Slovakia (9.5%) and Bulgaria (8.9%). The lowest rates were registered in the United Kingdom (0.5%), Spain (1.2%), Italy and Hungary (both 1.3%) and Poland (1.4%). (I.L./transl.rh)