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Half of Romanians have never used internet

Romanian Times

More than half of Romanians aged 16 to 74 have never used the internet and less than one third of Romanian households have access to the internet via broadband connections, according to the EU’s statistics office Eurostat.

Data collected in the first quarter of 2011 reveals that 54 per cent of Romanians aged between 16 and 74 had never used the internet, the highest share in the European Union.

The EU average stood at 24 per cent, down from 42 per cent in 2006.

Data collected in 2006 showed 74 per cent of Romanians had never used the internet.

Romania is followed by Bulgaria (46 per cent), Greece (45 per cent), Cyprus and Portugal (41 per cent), Italy (39 per cent), Hungary (28 per cent) and the Czech Republic (24 per cent).

In Sweden, the Netherlands and Denmark, only 5 to 7 per cent of people aged between 16 and 74 have never navigated the Internet.

Eurostat estimates 47 per cent of households in Romania have an internet connection, from 14 per cent in 2006.

In the Netherlands, Sweden and Denmark the share reaches 94 per cent, 91 per cent and 90 per cent, respectively.

Romania and Bulgaria are ranked last in the EU regarding online shopping. Only 13 per cent of internet users buy goods and services online, compared to an EU average of 58 per cent.

Health minister considers taxing fast food and beer
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Romania wont ratify ACTA
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Romania wont ratify ACTA
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Government to introduce ‘Robin Hood’ tax on oil companies
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Education Minister stepps down amid plagiarism accusations
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Brancusi’s son doesn’t want his father remains to be moved to Romania
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UK Ambassador Harris says new Cabinet took right decisions so far
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