Unemployment rate climbs to 15.6 per cent

The island’s jobless rate climbed to 15.6 per cent in April, compared with 11.2 per cent last year, Eurostat said on Friday.

In absolute numbers that translates to 71,000 people.

More analytical data reveal that unemployment for men in Cyprus, in April, stood at 15.8 per cent, at 15.2 per cent for women and at 32.7 per cent among young people under 25 years of age (March data).

The Cyprus Mail is the only English-language daily newspaper published in Cyprus. It was established in 1945 and today, with its popular and widely-read website, the Cyprus Mail is among the most trusted news sites in Cyprus. The newspaper is not affiliated with any political parties and has always striven to maintain its independence. Over the past 70-plus years, the Cyprus Mail, with a small dedicated team, has covered momentous events in Cyprus’ modern history, chronicling the last gasps of British colonial rule, Cyprus’ truncated independence, the coup and Turkish invasion, and the decades of negotiations to stitch the divided island back together, plus a myriad of scandals, murders, and human interests stories that capture the island and its -people. Observers describe it as politically conservative.