Off the wire
• Chinese premier stresses implementation of government work report  • Feature: How to cope with overweight children in Italy  • Xinhua president announces to strengthen cooperation with WIPO on IP rights protection  • Curtain rises on China original drama exhibition  • Feature: Relative calm returns to Somali town after retreat of Al-Shabaab  • Result of CBA finals  • World No. 1 Selby withdraws from China Open  • Urgent: EU-Turkey migration deal adopted: reports  • Commentary: No need to exaggerate China's economic headwinds  • SA gov't urged to follow SADC by declaring current drought "national crisis"  
You are here: 　 Home

Unemployment in Slovakia reaches 7-year's low

Xinhua, March 18, 2016 Adjust font size:

Slovakia recorded its lowest unemployment rate in the past seven years, stated Slovak Labor, Social Affairs and the Family Minister Jan Richter on Friday.

"While the unemployment rate stood at 10.09 percent in February, it's quite realistic to squeeze it even further this year to around 9 percent," said Richter. The current unemployment rate in the eurozone is 10.3 percent and in the EU28 it is 8.9 percent.

Richter said registered unemployment dropped by almost 89,000 people in four years, while overall unemployment fell by almost 72,000 people.

Meanwhile, the number of unemployed people below the age of 29 has decreased by almost 46,000, and the number of long-term unemployed has been reduced by 22,000.

According to Richter, unemployment was reduced in all eight Slovakia's regions, with the highest unemployment rate remaining in Presov region in eastern Slovakia (14.89 percent). Endit