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40 000 more unemployed in November 2009

Fri, Dec 18 2009 15:27 CET

byNick Iliev

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40 000 more unemployed in November 2009

Photo: Anelia Nikolova

Unemployment levels in Bulgaria in November 2009 was 8.66 per cent, touching the highest level observed since March 2007, Dnevnik daily said on December 18 2009.
 
A total of 42 217 people registered as unemployed, which adds to a total of 320 758 people nationwide.
 
Half of the new redundancies were from the service sector, while 30.4 per cent were shed from Bulgaria’s industrial segment, the statistics show. A fifth of those made redundant came from the manufacturing sector, about 16.7 per cent from retail and nine per cent from state administration and defence.
 
In some of Bulgaria’s major cities like Sofia, Bourgas, Gabrovo, Varna, Stara Zagora, Plovdiv and the industrial town of Pernik, unemployment is below the average for the country, while in the north-eastern riverside town of Rousse, it is on level with the national average. Smolyan, Turgovishte and Montana are worst affected, with unemployment reaching 14 per cent.
 
Meanwhile, there were 10 743 vacancies declared in job offices across the country in November, and by the end of the month there were 4842 left. In total, from all sectors of the economy, 12 232 people were employed in November 2009.

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