European unemployment reaches record 11.3 percent
European unemployment has reached a record 11.3 percent, with 18 million people in 17 countries still looking for a job.
The unemployment rate in a time of a crisis on the labor markets in Europe varies from 3.5% in The Netherlands to 18.9% in Spain, Sonny Portelli, Chairman of Malta Council for Economic and Social Development, said at the international conference titled ``Jobs and the Crisis: Policy Responses from Europe,'' FOCUS News Agency reported.