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Economy

European unemployment rate retains nine-year low

Latest figures from the EU's statistics agency show that the number of those out of work remained at 8.7% in December.

31/01/2018

Business Series

Portugal says Brexit has boosted its economy

Britain's departure from the European Union has seen many firms look to Portugal do to business

23/01/2018

Europe News

One year on: America under Trump

On January 20, 2017, Donald Trump became president of the United States, marking the start of one of the most unusual years in American political history. What has Trump done this year and how does it compare to what he promised?

18/01/2018

Economy

Eurozone jobless rate hits lowest level in almost nine years

The figures are the lowest since January 2009, when the eurozone was reeling from a deep recession following the global financial crisis.

09/01/2018

Germany

Jobs boom in Germany

Despite an ageing population, increased immigration has seen a jobs boom in Germany with more people in work than ever before

02/01/2018

World News

Euroviews. View: Europe’s employment policies are not working

The European Commission’s proposals for addressing the problem of joblessness are in many cases insufficient, say Alois Stöger and Nicolas Schmit

24/11/2017

Germany

Germans to collect unemployment benefits at supermarket checkouts

The new system will allow those entitled to benefits to directly collect cash at tills, rather than using distributors at job centres.

13/11/2017

Spain

Lidl employee fired for 'working too hard'

Dedicated worker falls foul of supermarket's unpaid overtime rule

30/10/2017

Croatia

In Croatia just 30 refugees have jobs. Prince Soniyiki wants to change that

He found work via a TV show and a former army leader, now he wants to help other immigrants do the same.

04/10/2017

United Kingdom

Shortage of eastern European labour in Britain

Divorce from the EU has not even happened yet but already there's a shortage of eastern Europeans who would normally be relied on for fruit picking

05/09/2017

France

French government reveals labour laws shakeup

New labour law reforms have been presented by the French government.

31/08/2017

Italy

Italy has EU’s highest level of ‘alienated young people’

11/08/2017

USA

Trump administration key departures

01/08/2017

Norway

“I fight for my son”: A 360 degree portrait of a Romanian street worker

Every day at 5 am Florian-Petrus Cretu gets up to sell Folk er Folk, a street magazine, in the streets of Oslo.

08/06/2017

USA

Pro- and anti-Trump marches grip the US

Protesters have gathered in more than 130 cities across the United States to call for an impartial investigation into allegations that Donald Trump's campaign team colluded with Russia to influence last year's presidential election.

03/06/2017

Economy

Eurozone unemployment falls to post-financial crisis low

31/05/2017

Economy

French unemployment dips

The job market in France is picking up with unemployment reaching its lowest level in almost five years between January and March.

18/05/2017

Economy

UK unemployment down again but workers real wages fall

UK unemployment was at 4.6 percent in Q1, the lowest level since 1975, but workers real earnings fell for the first time in two and a half years.

17/05/2017

Europe News

Migrant weary EU promises to change relations with Africa

EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini says the bloc is changing its attitude towards Africa after the massive increases in migration in the past few years.

15/05/2017

Economy

French private sector employment increases

It comes too late for outgoing president Francois Hollande, but France's economy added 49,400 private sector jobs between January and March.

12/05/2017