Unemployment
Poverty risk rate at 25.6 percent in Serbia
BELGRADE - The poverty risk rate in Serbia in 2014 was 25.6 percent when viewed through income, the national bureau of statistics has said.
The risk rate for poverty or social exclusion in Serbia, when considering all the factors that can influence it, was 43.2 percent last year.
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Bulgaria Records Sizeable Y/Y Drop in Jobless Rate in February 2015
Bulgaria marked one of biggest year-on-year falls in unemployment rate in the EU in February 2015, official statistics showed on Tuesday.
The EU-28 unemployment rate was 9.8% in February, down from 9.9% in the prior month and from 10.5% in February 2014.
Greek jobless rate inches up to 26 pct in December
The Greek unemployment rate inched up to 26 percent in December from 25.9 percent the previous month, making it the highest in the European Union, followed by Spain (23.2 percent in February), data published by the European statistical agency Eurostat on Tuesday show.
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INS: Unemployment rate goes down to 6.4% in Feb 2015
The seasonally adjusted unemployment rate stood at 6.4% in February 2015, lower by 0.1% from January, and by 0.6% compared to the level recorded in February 2014, according to the data released on Tuesday by the National Statistics Institute (INS).
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Over 4,500 unemployed agricultural experts
BELGRADE - Serbia is the only country in the world that has a larger number of unemployed agricultural experts than the total number of employees in the agricultural sector and food industry, President of the Serbian Association of Agricultural Economists Miladin Sevarlic said.
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Unemployment in Bulgaria Stood at 11 % in February
The level of unemployment in Bulgaria was 11 % in February, which represents a decrease of 0.1 % compared to January.
Compared to February 2014, the level of unemployment dropped with 1.2 %, daily Dnevnik reports.
The number of people registered as unemployed at the employment agency amounted to 361 176, which is 2788 less people compared to January.
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Bulgaria's Workforce Increased Slightly in 2014 - NSI
The latest data of the National Statistical Institute (NSI), which was released on Monday, shows that Bulgaria's workforce registered a slight increase in 2014.
According to the data, the number of economically active persons, aged between 15 and 64, amounted to 3 308 700, which represents 69 % of the population in the same age category.
Three out of four jobless Greeks are at least 12 months without work
The unemployment rate started climbing again in the last quarter of 2014, putting an end to a period of moderate decline. The jobless reached 26.1 percent of the work force in October-December 2014 due to the political and economic uncertainty generated by the prospect of the elections and the change in government, Hellenic Statistical Authority (ELSTAT) figures showed on Thursday.
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Turkey's unemployment rate hit 9.9 percent in 2014
The unemployment rate was 9.9 percent in 2014, rising from 9.7 percent in the previous year, the Turkish Statistics Institute (TÜ?K) announced on March 6.
The number of unemployed persons aged 15 years old and over was 2.8 million people in 2014, according to the TÜ?K data.
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