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UNEMPLOYMENT IN CONTINENTAL GREECE
 Greece’s unemployment rate fell to
20.2% in July-to-September, from
21.1% in the second quarter, data from
the country’s statistics service ELSTAT.
About 75.6% of Greece’s 970,000
jobless are long-term unemployed,
meaning they have been out of work for
at least 12 months, the figures showed.
 One significant reason for the
drop in overall unemployment is
the rise of part-time and low-pay
jobs in the private sector. The
average wage of such positions
is below €400.
 Greece’s highest unemployment
rate was recorded in the first
quarter of 2014, when
joblessness hit 27.8%.