08/05/2015 (Agence Europe) - Employment rate progressing but not up to pre-crisis level. On Thursday 7 May, the EU's statistical office Eurostat said that for the first time since the 2008 financial crisis the rate of employment for 20-64 year olds in the EU had increased in 2014 to stand at 69.2% (compared with 68.4% in 2013). Nevertheless, this rate remains below that of before the crisis (70.3%). While a few member states (Sweden, Germany, the UK, the Netherlands and Denmark) go beyond...