Yesterday, on June 11th, a representative of the Greek government announced that the authorities have decided to close ЕРТ, a Greek TV company. The employees are promised to receive compensation and employment.
In April, the unemployment rate in Europe increased to 12.2% compared to 12.1% in march. In absolute terms, the number of unemployed has increased by 164 thousand people, and thus, the number of unemployed at the moment is 19,375 million people.
On the last trading day of May, European stock indexes showed a decline. Analysts believe that this is due to profit-taking by investors after almost one year of growth.
According to statistics, which were published today, the Spanish economy in the I quarter of this year decreased by 2% compared with the same period in 2012 and decreased by 0.5% compared to the IV quarter of 2012.