published on Europa Day 2014 , on the one hand, from many domains in the spirit of Beyond GDP initiatives, on the other, It is very useful for discussion of the and at the occasion of the 10th Anniversary of the largest EU expansion in 2004. An important point relates to the . Media and official organizations focus mostly on discussion of GDP growth rate this can understate the severity of the crisis. Other domains show a more difficult situation: Time and money are two most important comparators in modern society. The time distance approach compares time series in the horizontal dimension, i.e. for a given level of the variable, based on two novel generic statistical measures: S-time-distance and S-time-step. These measures can be derived also from a time matrix that summarises information and that provides a first-level visualization tool. World Inequalities in Human Development Index (1980-2012) (Gaptimer Reports) (Volume 1) and or for gender disparity How Much Longer Live Women Than Men Around the Globe?: Astonishing Differences between Countries (Gaptimer Reports) (Volume 2) that are available on Amazon.