Brussels, 16/03/2009 (Agence Europe) - According to first estimates published on Monday 16 March by Eurostat, the number of people in employment in the Euro area and EU27 was down by 0.3% in the fourth quarter of 2008 compared with the previous quarter. In the same period, the number of persons employed in the EU also decreased by 0.3% (672,000 persons). In the third quarter of 2008, employment declined by 0.1% in the euro area and by 0.2% in the EU. Compared with the same quarter of the...