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Thursday, December 13, 2012

What unemployment? Here's where life in Europe isn't so bad.

When the words "jobs" and "Europe" are in the same sentence these days, it's usually not good news. Unemployment in the euro zone hit a record high last month, with 11.4 percent, or 18.2 million people, out of work. More than half of younger workers in Spain and Greece are unemployed. Frustrations over the state of the economy have given rise to violent far-right groups in Greece and protests over job cuts in Spain, including a strike by employees at the luxury Parador hotels, which are set in historic castles and palaces.

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