Unemployment

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.

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.

By Stefanos Manos *

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.

By Roula Salourou

Greek unemployment started to rise again in December following 14 months of gradual decline, reaching 26 percent according to figures released on Thursday by the Hellenic Statistical Authority (ELSTAT).

Women make up only 30 percent of Turkey?s labor force, according to a new report from the Turkish Statistical Institute (TÜ?K) released on March 5.

Greece's jobless rate rose to 26 percent in December from an upwardly revised 25.9 percent rate in the previous month as the economy shrank slightly in the last quarter of 2014, statistics agency ELSTAT said on Thursday.

Almost 60 percent of the Turkish people see unemployment as the country's biggest problem, according to a recent survey.

While 82 percent of Turks believe there is corruption in the country, Turkey's biggest problem is unemployment, according to a recent report conducted by the Turkish Economic and Social Studies Foundation (TESEV).

Barely a year after emerging from a savage recession comparable in its intensity to the Great Depression in the U.S., Greece's economy is shrinking again.

The euro area seasonally-adjusted unemployment rate was at 11.2% in January 2015, down from 11.3% in December 2014 and from 11.8% in January 2014. This is the lowest rate recorded in the euro area since April 2012. The EU28 unemployment rate was 9.8% in January 2015, down from 9.9% in December 2014 and from 10.6% in January 2014.