Jobless total hits all-time low

Slovenia's joblessness fell to a new all-time low in March. The Employment Service registered 50,327 people as being out of work, 5.8% fewer than in February and 16.9% fewer than a year ago.

The unemployment register added 4,321 newly unemployed people in March, which is on a par with the figure a year ago but 1.6% fewer than in February.

411 of the newly unemployed were first-time job seekers, 1,888 saw their fixed-term job contracts expire, 24 lost their jobs due to bankruptcy and 748 were made redundant.

The most substantial decline was observed in the number of...