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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9004

4 August 2005
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/economy
Unemployment stable in euro zone and EU of 25

Brussels, 03/08/2005 (Agence Europe) - In June 2005, the euro zone recorded an unemployment rate of 8.7%, which was unchanged compared to May (8.9% in June 2004). As in May 2005, the unemployment rate of the EU of 25 remained stable at 8.8%, compared to 9% one year ago. Taken on a country by country basis, the lowest rates were registered in Ireland (4.3%), the United Kingdom (4.7%), Denmark and the Netherlands (4.8% each), whilst the highest rates were observed in Poland (17.6%), Slovakia...