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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8520

7 August 2003
Contents Publication in full By article 11 / 18
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/employment
Unemployment remains unchanged in eurozone at 8.9%

Brussels, 06/08/2003 (Agence Europe) - Eurozone seasonally-adjusted unemployment stood at 8.9% in June 2003, unchanged compared with May, according to estimates published by Eurostat on Tuesday. It was 8.4% in June 2002. The EU15 unemployment rate was 8.1% in June 2003, compared to 8.0% in May and 7.7% in June 2002. The lowest unemployment levels were recorded in Luxembourg (3.7%), the Netherlands (4.1% in May), Austria (4.4%) and Ireland (4.7%). Spain still has the highest level in the EU...