Thu, 26 Sep 2013 07:23:03 GMT
France's unemployment drops in August
Unemployment in France declined in the month of August for the first time in more than a two-year period, the latest data released by the labour ministry revealed on Wednesday. The total number of people claiming for initial unemployment benefits decreased by 50,000 or 1.5% on a monthly basis in August, when the number of unemployed people totalled 3.24 million.