World news about “Unemployment”, including breaking news and archival articles published by euronews.
OECD ups global growth forecast … marred by high unemployment and huge … It predicts unemployment will remain … 19/11/2009 - tags: Unemployment, OECD, Globalization
UK labour market improving … claimant count unemployment rose by 12,900 … and that unemployment will peak at a … 11/11/2009 - tags: Unemployment, United Kingdom
Neukölln puts accent on integration Twenty years after the fall of the Berlin Wall, more than 38 per cent of the Berlin city district of Neukölln is made… 05/11/2009 - tags: Unemployment, Immigrants, Berlin Wall, 1989-2009
Young dropouts’ second chance Young European dropouts are paying a high price for school failures with the economy in recession. Many feel pushed… 28/05/2009 - tags: European Union, Unemployment
When will crisis end? “Hello my name is Irina. I’m from Romania and I’ve been living here in Spain for five years. I’m unemployed, like other… 15/05/2009 - tags: Romania, Unemployment
Brown vows to tighten UK immigration rulesThe UK has seen a spate of demonstrations over fears too many foreigners are moving in. ‘British jobs for British… 12/11/2009 - tags: Immigration, Unemployment, United Kingdom
GM decision dumbfounds GermansGeneral Motors’ decision to hold onto Opel has provoked an outcry in Germany and completely overshadowed Chancellor… 05/11/2009 - tags: Cars, Unemployment, Opel
GM u-turn has widespread consequencesBesides Germany, the fallout from the GM decision not to sell Opel has affected a number of countries around Europe… 05/11/2009 - tags: Unemployment, General Motors, Opel
Eurozone unemployment hits 9.7%… EU's highest unemployment rate at 19.7 … The raw unemployment rate in the … 30/10/2009 - tags: Eurozone, Unemployment, Financial Crisis
Good news on German jobless rateGermany’s latest unemployment figures make for much more pleasant reading than had been expected. Economists had… 29/10/2009 - tags: Germany, Unemployment, Jobs
Shock fall in number of German joblessThere has been a surprise drop in the number of unemployed in Germany. The latest figures show the amount of jobless… 29/10/2009 - tags: Germany, Unemployment
Unemployment in FranceUnemployment in France increased by 21,600 people in Septmber, which is a slight increase says the government… 26/10/2009 - tags: France, Unemployment
Surprise jump in Australian employmentAustralian employment surged past all expectations and the jobless rate has dropped to 5.7 percent. Over 40,000… 08/10/2009 - tags: Australia, Unemployment
Papendreou’s government takes shapeGreece’s new Prime Minister Georges Papandreou has wasted no time naming his economy and finance ministers, as he faces… 07/10/2009 - tags: Greece, Unemployment, Politics, Socialist party
US dole queue continues to growUnemployment in the United States has risen to its highest level for 26-years. As many as 263,000 people lost… 02/10/2009 - tags: Unemployment, USA
Japan’s jobless figures fallJapan’s unemployment rate has fallen unexpectedly and household spending is on the increase. Economists are… 02/10/2009 - tags: Japan, Unemployment
Irish Lisbon Treaty vote too close to callTaxi drivers have been blockading the streets of Dublin calling for a “No” vote. The centre of the Irish capital was… 02/10/2009 - tags: Ireland, Unemployment, Economy, Treaty of Lisbon, referendum
Unemployment on the rise in Euro zoneUnemployment in the Euro Zone has risen to its highest level in more than 10 years, adding to fears that the economic… 01/10/2009 - tags: Eurozone, Unemployment
Unemployment: dole numbers drop in DeutschlandUnemployment in Germany has fallen by 125,000, the third month in a row the country has seen a drop in the number of… 30/09/2009 - tags: Germany, Unemployment
Eurozone things are getting cheaperEuro zone consumers are paying less for their goods and services as rising unemployment reduces demand and the price of… 30/09/2009 - tags: Consumers, Eurozone, Unemployment
UK jobless total still risingBritain’s jobless rate has hit its highest in 13 years, at just under eight percent of the working population… 16/09/2009 - tags: Unemployment, United Kingdom
Bosch to cut jobsFalling car sales are forcing German firm Bosch to cut 10,000 jobs this year reducing its global workforce to 270,000… 15/09/2009 - tags: Germany, Unemployment
US jobs news mixed… however the unemployment rate jumped … rise in the unemployment rate. … 04/09/2009 - tags: Unemployment, USA, Jobs
Spain jobless on the rise againThe number of people out of work in Spain went up again in August, by 2.4 percent, after falling for the previous three… 02/09/2009 - tags: Unemployment, Jobs
German jobs figures steady… why we expect unemployment figures to … jobs and that unemployment once again … a spike in unemployment is looming as … 01/09/2009 - tags: Germany, Unemployment, Economy
Record deflation in JapanJust days before Japan’s general election, new figures showed record deflation there and the politically sensitive… 28/08/2009 - tags: Japan, Unemployment, Financial Crisis
Nissan part idles Spanish plantsResponding to falling sales, Japanese carmaker Nissan is to temporarily lay off 70 percent of the workers at its plants… 27/08/2009 - tags: Cars, Unemployment
Swiss Life plans job and cost cutsSwiss Life, Switzerland’s largest life insurer, has posted first-half profits that were better than expected but said… 26/08/2009 - tags: Insurances, Switzerland, Unemployment
French competitiveness commission starts workTwo former French prime ministers, Michel Rocard and Alain Juppe, have been tapped to head a commission looking at… 26/08/2009 - tags: France, Unemployment, Nicolas Sarkozy
Spanish prisoners of recession… the highest unemployment rate in Europe … posted mixed unemployment figures. Jobs … 14/08/2009 - tags: Unemployment, Economy, Financial Crisis, economic growth
Spanish recession set to continue… the highest unemployment rate in Europe … posted mixed unemployment figures. … 14/08/2009 - tags: Unemployment, Economy, Financial Crisis, economic growth
Obama: Worst of economic crisis may be over… the latest US unemployment figures show … taking the unemployment rate to 9.4 … economy high unemployment and his … 08/08/2009 - tags: Unemployment, USA, Barack Obama
US jobs data much better than expected… that the US unemployment rate had … the US unemployment rate will top … 07/08/2009 - tags: Unemployment, USA
Spain’s jobless total declinesThe number of people out of work in Spain fell again for the third straight month, but most of the decline was linked… 04/08/2009 - tags: Unemployment, Economy
German SPD defends ‘jobs’ manifestoOne of the candidates for Chancellor in Germany’s upcoming election has defended his plan to create four million new… 03/08/2009 - tags: Germany, Unemployment, Elections
German jobless total rises… German unemployment fell by 6,000 … That's why the unemployment figures are … increase in unemployment can be … 30/07/2009 - tags: Germany, Unemployment
US job figures hint at recoveryNew US jobless figures seem to show the world’s biggest economy is slowly struggling out of recession. The… 30/07/2009 - tags: Unemployment, USA
Another Day of Strikes In South AfricaThere’s been a third day of strikes by angry council workers in South Africa. The strikers want the country’s… 29/07/2009 - tags: Unemployment, South Africa
French jobless total fallsThe total number of people out of work in France dropped in June for the first time in a year. The monthly… 27/07/2009 - tags: France, Unemployment, Economy
Dram drama: whisky workers take to streetsThousands of people have taken to the streets of Kilmarnock in Scotland to protest against plans to close the factory… 27/07/2009 - tags: Beverages, Unemployment, Demonstration, Jobs, Alcohol
Attitudes to employment survey… in terms of unemployment the worst of … still feared unemployment were found in … 24/07/2009 - tags: European Union, Unemployment, Crisis
UK jobless rates at 12 year high… The unemployment rate for the … the rise in unemployment could be … measure of unemployment, the jobless … 15/07/2009 - tags: Unemployment, United Kingdom
Microfinancing for jobsThe European jobs market is increasingly under threat from the recession. Brussels fears as many as 3.5 million jobs… 14/07/2009 - tags: Unemployment, Economy, Crisis
Pay up or the factory gets itWorkers at a bankrupt car-parts company are threatening to blow up their factory if they don’t receive 30,000 euros in… 13/07/2009 - tags: France, Unemployment, Financial Crisis
US hit by dismal jobless figuresAnother 467,000 Americans were laid off in June, many more than had been feared. The figures came in a Labor Department… 02/07/2009 - tags: Unemployment, USA, Jobs
Bad news on the European job front… where the unemployment rate is above … rise in unemployment has dampened … 02/07/2009 - tags: Euro, Eurozone, Unemployment
Small fall in German jobless… unadjusted unemployment rate has … Unemployment actually rose … 30/06/2009 - tags: Germany, Unemployment
Worsening Italian jobs figuresRecession hit Italy’s jobless rate rose in the first quarter to its highest level for three years. The number of… 19/06/2009 - tags: Italy, Unemployment
Thursday 18th JuneEuropean shares have finished up 1.29 percent after a day of choppy trading due to the quarterly expiration of options… 18/06/2009 - tags: Markets, Money, Unemployment
UK jobless less than forecastThe number of people out of work in Britain and claiming jobless benefits rose less than expected in May and it was the… 17/06/2009 - tags: Unemployment, United Kingdom
Green jobs vs unemploymentThe European Union says a low-carbon economy will create millions of new jobs. The Spanish region of Navarra would seem… 16/06/2009 - tags: Energy, Unemployment
Euro zone jobless totals riseGrim employment news from the euro zone. The 16 countries using the single European currency lost a record 1.22… 15/06/2009 - tags: Eurozone, Unemployment
Swiss jobless trend is up… to higher unemployment. The Swiss … show the unemployment rate was 3.4 … 08/06/2009 - tags: Switzerland, Unemployment
Eurozone unemployment hits 21st century highUnemployment in the Eurozone is at its highest rate this century. Just over 14.5 million people are out of work… 02/06/2009 - tags: Eurozone, Unemployment, Jobs
Factors behind GM’s failureIt took a combination of bad management, bad timing and bad luck to bring the world’s mightiest industrial giant to its… 01/06/2009 - tags: Cars, Unemployment, USA, Bankruptcy
Data change effects jobless totalGerman unemployment rose for a seventh month running in May, though the increase was much smaller than expected… 28/05/2009 - tags: Germany, Unemployment
Swiss government rejects limit on EU workers… despite rising unemployment in the … New unemployment figures show … With unemployment at 3.5 per … 13/05/2009 - tags: Switzerland, Unemployment
Job mobilityIn March, the European Union unemployment rate hit 8.3%. At same time, half a million jobs remain unfilled -… 11/05/2009 - tags: European Union, Unemployment
Mini-summit on jobs after dire figures forecastEight and a half million lost jobs this year and next in the European Union — in response to this possibility tabled… 07/05/2009 - tag: Unemployment
Spanish jobless hits recordThe number of people out of work in Spain rose to a record four million in the first three months of the year… 05/05/2009 - tag: Unemployment
Job worries dominate May Day marchesEconomic worries and fears of job losses dominated the traditional May Day marches around the world. Among European… 02/05/2009 - tag: Unemployment
May Day violence hits BerlinMay Day marches in Berlin erupted in violence as the German capital suffered its worst street clashes for four years… 02/05/2009 - tags: Unemployment, Clashes
Deflation returns to Japan?Japanese unemployment has hit a four-year high, and consumer prices have fallen for the first time in 18 months. It… 01/05/2009 - tags: Japan, Unemployment
Spain’s May Day paradeThousands of people have taken the streets of the Spanish capital to mark May Day. The holiday is usually a cause… 01/05/2009 - tags: Unemployment, Demonstration
Early scuffles as Berlin braces for May 1 violenceBerlin was bracing itself for violence this May 1 and scuffles have started already. Youths and police clashed… 01/05/2009 - tag: Unemployment
French Unemployment UpUnemployment in France has risen, according to the latest figures. There were 2.7 percent more people looking… 27/04/2009 - tags: France, Unemployment, Crisis
Spain feels the pain as unemployment soars… show that unemployment in Spain … Its feared unemployment in Spain could … 24/04/2009 - tag: Unemployment
US jobless total at 25 year highThe struggling US economy continues to shed jobs at a rapid rate. In March there was a decline of 663,000, worse… 03/04/2009 - tags: Unemployment, USA
Euro zone jobless rises furtherUnemployment in the euro zone jumped more than expected in February. It is now at 8.5 percent of the working… 01/04/2009 - tags: Eurozone, Unemployment
German jobless rises again… jump in unemployment since the … rise in unemployment." … 31/03/2009 - tag: Unemployment
US job centre lines get longer… The latest unemployment rate is 8.1 … also have unemployment rates much … 06/03/2009 - tags: Unemployment, USA, Barack Obama
Spanish jobless total at 13-year highUnemployment in Spain reached almost 3.5 million in February, that is the highest level in 13 years. Jobless… 03/03/2009 - tag: Unemployment
German jobless totals up again… Weise, said: "Unemployment is up across … The unemployment rate increased … 26/02/2009 - tag: Unemployment
The high stakes of Obama’s rescue planWhatever else happens in the next four years, history may judge Obama on this plan alone. The numbers and the… 17/02/2009 - tags: Taxes, Unemployment, USA, Economy, Barack Obama
Greek workers protest against job cuts… staff face unemployment out of a 7,000 … we have the unemployment figures to … 12/02/2009 - tag: Unemployment
Renault to make further cost cutsRenault’s announced more strict cost-cutting measures which could add to Spain’s massive jobless figures. Its… 12/02/2009 - tags: Cars, Unemployment
Spanish prime minister announces boost for unemployed… to combat unemployment, with … coverage of unemployment benefits, … how high the unemployment rate goes," he … 11/02/2009 - tag: Unemployment
US job losses accelerateUnderlining the need for approval of a stimulus package for the US economy, the latest jobs figures turned out to be… 06/02/2009 - tag: Unemployment
Spanish jobs black hole deepens… rate of unemployment in the … insists unemployment will not hit … 03/02/2009 - tags: Unemployment, Financial Crisis
Brown condemns strikes over use of foreign labourTalks to try and resolve a dispute over the use of foreign workers at an oil refinery in the UK are due to start today… 02/02/2009 - tag: Unemployment
Philips to cut thousands of jobsThe Dutch consumer electronics giant Philips is cutting thousands of jobs to cope with the global slump which has seen… 26/01/2009 - tags: Unemployment, Financial Crisis
UK jobless nears two millionThe number of people out of work and claiming unemployment benefit in Britain rose for the 11th consecutive month in… 21/01/2009 - tags: Unemployment, Financial Crisis
Brussels cuts growth prediction furtherThe European Commission’s new deep recession prediction includes a sharp rise in unemployment for the region and a more… 19/01/2009 - tags: Eurozone, Unemployment
Marks & Spencer to cut jobsAfter unveiled its worst sales figures for almost a decade, Britain’s biggest clothing retailer Marks & Spencer has… 07/01/2009 - tags: Unemployment, Corporate
German jobless figures riseGerman jobless figures rose in December, reversing a trend going back three years. Unemployment was up by a… 07/01/2009 - tags: Unemployment, Economy
Greek parliament passes budgetThe Greek government has managed to squeeze through its budget plans for 2009, despite a razor thin majority. Of the… 22/12/2008 - tag: Unemployment
Greece’s frustrated youth says riots no surpriseTwenty-seven-year old Michalis Sarantis is one of a growing number of young people in Greece dubbed “Generation 700“… 13/12/2008 - tags: Greece, Unemployment
Woolworths winds down with sale of the centuryIs it a last shopping frenzy before the tills fall silent? As Woolworths, the failed British high street retailier… 12/12/2008 - tag: Unemployment
Obama backs public works as way out of crisisAfter Friday’s announcement of some of the worst US unemployment figures for decades, the country’s president-elect has… 06/12/2008 - tags: Unemployment, USA, Wall Street
US unemployment leap worst in 34 yearsThe figures are hideous, the worst in 34 years. Over 530 000 Americans lost their jobs in November. That is much… 06/12/2008 - tags: Unemployment, USA
US jobless tops 10 millionUS Government figures show that more American jobs were cut in November than in any single month for 34 years. Some… 05/12/2008 - tags: Unemployment, USA, Economy
Credit Suisse suffers losses and job cutsIf confirmation were needed about the severity of the world credit crisis, the fallout has now hit one of Switzerland’s… 04/12/2008 - tags: Switzerland, Unemployment, Financial Crisis
Jobless figures rise in SpainUnemployment in Spain, the highest in the EU, continues to grow after 171,243 fresh claimants signed on in November -… 02/12/2008 - tags: Unemployment, Economy
Iceland marks historic day amid fears for the futureAnger and anxiety were the dominant emotions as Iceland marked the 90th anniversary of autonomy amid dire economic… 02/12/2008 - tags: Currency, Euro, Iceland, Unemployment, Financial Crisis
Gloomy US economic data prompts markets downturnUS manufacturing output dropped to its lowest level since the 1981-82 recession in November, according to figures… 02/12/2008 - tags: Markets, Unemployment, USA, Financial Crisis, Nasdaq, Dow Jones
Recession prompts more job cutsThe worldwide job loss total continues to mount. Europe’s second-biggest carmaker Peugeot-Citroen said falling sales… 20/11/2008 - tags: Unemployment, Economy
