20/03/2017 (Agence Europe) – The job vacancy rate in the euro area was 1.7% in the fourth quarter of 2016, and 1.8% in the EU, according to figures published by Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union published on Monday 20 March. This rate has increased slowly but gradually since 2013 when it stood at 1.3%. It increased in the fourth quarter of 2016 compared to the third quarter of 2015 in 23 member states and remained stable in four others (Bulgaria, Germany, Slovakia and...