Greece losing 1,000 jobs a day as unemployment tops 25%

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Greece’s latest unemployment figures hit yet another record. (Here’s a PDF of the release in Greek.) Total unemployment surpassed 25% in July for the first time, and unemployment among the young was well above half. As the BBC pointed out, Greece lost over 1,000 jobs a day from July 2011 to July 2012.

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