Quarterly unemployment drops for first time in almost four years to 27.1

Quarterly unemployment figures in Greece fell for the first time in almost four years in the second quarter of 2013, declining from 27.4 percent in Q1 to 27.1.The Hellenic Statistical Authority said the number of Greeks employed in Q2 stood at 3,632,184 people, while the number of unemployed amounted to 1,350,435.Despite the quarterly drop, unemployment still stood 3.5 percentage points higher in ...

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