Tuesday, December 13, 2005

Kosovo Sept Unemployment Numbers Up 5.64% Y/Y- Table

PRISTINA (Serbia and Montenegro), December 12 (SeeNews) - The number of people unemployed in the U.N.-run province of Kosovo in September rose by 5.64% year-on-year to 315,708, Kosovo's Banking and Payments Authority (BPA) said on Monday.

KOSOVO UNEMPLOYED:....Sept'05..............Aug'05..............Sept'04

........................................315,708.............314,446.............298,851

Kosovo, population around two million, legally is part of the loose union of Serbia and Montenegro. Kosovo has been under U.N. administration since 1999 following a NATO bombing campaign to halt Serb repression of the ethnic Albanian majority in the province.

NOTE: According to the Kosovo's Statistical Office the unemployment rate was 57% at the end of 2002.

No comments: