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Bulgaria, unemployment up at 6.7pc in October
Jobless workers reach 220,172, up by 3.2pc from September
15 November, 17:47
(ANSA) - SOFIA - In October, unemployment in Bulgaria was
6.7 per cent, up by 0.2 percentage points from September, said
the Employment Agency on Wednesday.
Compared with October 2016, unemployment declined by 1.2 percentage points, as Bta news agency reports.
At the end of October, jobless people totalled 220,172, up by 3.2 per cent from September and down by 14.7 per cent from a year earlier.
According to data of the Employment Agency, 20,456 people found work in October, bringing to 208,260 the number of people who found work between January and October.
The majority of jobs were in the extraction and processing industry, food and clothing industry, furniture making, machine building, hospitality industry, as well as drivers, and teachers. (ANSA).
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Compared with October 2016, unemployment declined by 1.2 percentage points, as Bta news agency reports.
At the end of October, jobless people totalled 220,172, up by 3.2 per cent from September and down by 14.7 per cent from a year earlier.
According to data of the Employment Agency, 20,456 people found work in October, bringing to 208,260 the number of people who found work between January and October.
The majority of jobs were in the extraction and processing industry, food and clothing industry, furniture making, machine building, hospitality industry, as well as drivers, and teachers. (ANSA).
