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Employment in the EU and Bulgaria grows

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Eurostat has reported that employment in the euro area and the EU as a whole has climbed in the period January to March 2016 with a steady pace for the tenth consecutive quarter. Employment in Bulgaria has marked a good improvement, too, statistics show. The fact is evidence of the continuing improvement in the European labor market. Employment across the European Union marked a 1.4-percent rise, compared to the first quarter of 2015. On an annual basis employment in Bulgaria has risen by 0.9 percent  in comparison to the first quarter of 2015, following a slight rise of 0.3 percent marked at the end of last year.



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