Unemployment rate down in October

Poland’s rate of registered unemployed persons dipped slightly to 8.2 percent in October, from 8.3 percent a month earlier, the country’s Central Statistical Office said on Friday. However, the rate greatly varied from region to region – it was just 5 percent in Wielkopolska, but 13.7 percent in Warmia and Mazury. According to the GUS report, 117,000 new jobs were created in October, an increase of 15.9 percent over the previous month.