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Athens News Agency: News in English, 08-06-19
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[01] Joblessness at 8.3% in Q1
[01] Joblessness at 8.3% in Q1
Greek unemployment rate fell to 8.3 percent in the first quarter of
2008, compared with a 9.1 pct rate in the corresponding period in 2007,
the National Statistics Service said on Thursday, noting that the
unemployment rate in the January-March period was the lost quarterly
rate since 1998.
Unemployment among women (12.3 pct) was more than double compared with
that among men (5.5 pct), with younger people (aged 15-29) suffering
more with an unemployment rate of 17.3 pct. The statistics service said
86.7 pct of unemployed people were seeking for full time jobs, while
the percentage of new unemployed totaled 33.4 pct of total
unemployment.
Caption: A file photo dated Friday, 21 May 2004 shows workers
connecting the last part of the deck of the Rion-Antirion bridge, some
210 km south-west of Athens. ANA-MPA/EPA/LOUISA GOULIAMAKI
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