Ministry of Labour: unemployment

The registered unemployment rate amounted to 10.3 percent in January, a growth of 0.5 percent month-on-month, based on estimates from job centers, the Ministry of Labour and Social Policy announced. "Winter is a period in which unemployment increases due to seasonal effects. It's become a trend recorded for many years,"  minister Elizabeth Rafalska said as cited in a statement. Throughout 2015, the labor offices received almost 1.3 million job offers, nearly 17 percent more on a yearly basis, the ministry also reported. The number of registered unemployed increased by 85,300 to 1.648 million compared with December. The Central Statistical Office will publish its data regarding January in late February.