Spain leads EU unemployment tables
Eurostat agency statistics show that Spain leads the EU unemployment league table, in a downturn that started in June last year at 11% and that has risen ever since.
Spanish unemployment rises to 24% Updated: 08:26, Friday January 27, 2012 Spain's unemployment rate has jumped to nearly 24 per cent in the fourth quarter, Finance Minister Cristobal Montoro says, confirming the country is still in the throes of a long and painful economic crisis.