Unemployment stable at 6.8 per cent

Malta's unemployment levels continued to be stable in February according to new statistics issued by the EU in Brussels this morning.

While unemployment in the euro area continued its unabated rise, reaching 10.8 per cent in February, Malta's jobless figures stood at 6.8 per cent, the sixth lowest among the 27 EU member states and the same is in the previous two months.

According to Eurostat, while Euro area unemployment rose by almost a full percentage point n the last 12months, Malta also registered a slight increase of 0.4 per cent among those trying to find work.

Among the Member States, the lowest unemployment rates were recorded in Austria (4.2 per cent), the Netherlands (4.9 per cent), Luxembourg (5.2 per cent) and Germany (5.7 per cent), and the highest in Spain (23.6 percent) and Greece (21 per cent).