Joblessness keeps falling to new lows

Slovenia's unemployment keeps falling with the number of people registered for being out of a job hitting a new low for the fourth month running in June. Demand for workers remains strong.

The Employment Service had 46,178 people on the unemployment register at the end of June, 2.1% fewer than the month before and 14.3% fewer than a year ago. It is the lowest figure on record since 1990, that is before the country went independent.

In June alone, 4,010 registered as unemployed, which is 0.8% more than in May and 1.5% more than in June last year. Notably, the number of first...