Germany unemployment rate steady at 7.4%February 28, 2013 - 15:30 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - The Federal Labor Agency says Germany's unemployment rate held steady at 7.4 percent in February and that the job market remains "robust." According to The Associated Press, the agency said Thursday, Feb 28, that 18,000 more people were without a job in February over the previous month - largely due to winter seasonal factors. A total of 3.156 million people were registered as jobless. When seasonally adjusted, the number of unemployed was down 3,000 people and the unemployment rate was 6.9 percent - also unchanged over January. Agency head Frank-Juergen Weise says the German labor market "seems to be coping with the weak economic growth in recent months and appears to be overall robust." Top stories Yerevan has dismissed Turkey’s demand to shut down the Armenian nuclear power plant as “inappropriate”. Armenia will loan 2.9 billion drams to Nagorno Karabakh (Artsakh), according to a draft government decision. The Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources of Azerbaijan has “strongly condemned” Armenia’s decision. Kerobyan has said that for the first time in the history of Armenia, the volume of foreign direct investments amounted to about $1 billion. Partner news | Family of Ilham Aliyev’s security chief owns vast property in UK As head of security for Azerbaijan’s president, Eyyubov is closely trusted by one of the world’s most authoritarian leaders. Mirzoyan says meeting with Bayramov was “constructive” At the moment, Ararat Mirzoyan said, there is no basis for additional comments. OSCE vows support for Armenia “in all three directions of security” Achieving stable peace between Armenia and Azerbaijan remains a priority of the OSCE, said Ian Borg. 151 detained as civil disobedience campaigns continue in Yerevan Citizens have been blocking streets in the Armenian capital, demanding Nikol Pashinyan’s resignation. |