Unemployment

Number of jobless Croatians exceeds 300,000

09.12.2011 u 20:39

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There were 302,080 unemployed Croatians registered with the Croatian Employment Service (HZZ) at the end of November, or 2.8 percent more than at the end of October and 3.3 percent less than at the end of November 2010.

The last time the number of the jobless exceeded the 300,000 mark was this April.

Unemployment benefits were paid to 70,198 job-seekers, who made up 23.2 percent of all the unemployed.