Germany unemployment rate steady at 7.4%February 28, 2013 - 15:30 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - The Federal Labor Agency says Germany's unemployment rate held steady at 7.4 percent in February and that the job market remains "robust." According to The Associated Press, the agency said Thursday, Feb 28, that 18,000 more people were without a job in February over the previous month - largely due to winter seasonal factors. A total of 3.156 million people were registered as jobless. When seasonally adjusted, the number of unemployed was down 3,000 people and the unemployment rate was 6.9 percent - also unchanged over January. Agency head Frank-Juergen Weise says the German labor market "seems to be coping with the weak economic growth in recent months and appears to be overall robust." Top stories Yerevan has dismissed Turkey’s demand to shut down the Armenian nuclear power plant as “inappropriate”. Armenia will loan 2.9 billion drams to Nagorno Karabakh (Artsakh), according to a draft government decision. The Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources of Azerbaijan has “strongly condemned” Armenia’s decision. Kerobyan has said that for the first time in the history of Armenia, the volume of foreign direct investments amounted to about $1 billion. Partner news | Armenia-Azerbaijan: Turkey wants deal after “positive developments” Turkey hopes “positive developments” in negotiations between Armenia and Azerbaijan will lead to an agreement. Police try to impede Armenian Church head’s access to war memorial Police tried to stop the supreme head of the Armenian Apostolic Church, Catholicos Karekin II, from visiting a war memorial. Greece says ready to help as Armenia fights flooding consequences Greece is ready to assist Armenia in combatting the consequences of deadly floods in the country’s north. “He will leave”: Protest leader no longer demands meeting with Pashinyan Archbishop Bagrat Galstanyan no longer demands a meeting with Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan. |