17.12.2021

UNEMPLOYMENT IN THE NORTHWEST HAS FALLEN

At the end of November, unemployment in the three northwestern districts of Montana, Vidin and Vratsa was 10.1 percent, while at the same time in 2020 it was 11.9 percent, according to the Regional Employment Service in Montana.

Compared to October, the unemployed in the three districts increased by 0.2 percent.

The registered unemployed at the end of November in the three districts were 17,396 people, which is 295 more than in October and 3,181 less than a year earlier. The highest unemployment rate is in the municipalities of Ruzhintsi - 49.6 percent and Yakimovo - 41.5 percent, and the lowest in the municipalities of Vratsa -3.6 percent and Montana - 4.0 percent.

In November, 923 unemployed people started working. Their number is 202 less than in October and 50 more than in the same month last year.

Under the anti-crisis measure 60/40 in the period from October 12 to November 30, 2021 in the three northwestern districts were approved 194 applications of employers for payment of 3,867 people, said the Regional Employment Service in Montana.