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G-20 draft calls for more job training

G-20 leaders in Russia consider long-term strategy for economic growth such as infrastructure spending and job training. ...

Record French jobless claims hurt Hollande

Monthly increase in jobless claims eases to 10pc year-on-year but still hits all-time high in July. Although data show signs of youth unemployment falling, Hollande remains under pressure to fulfil promise to boost jobs by end-2013 ...

Unfilled jobs spark heated debate in Italy

Italy’s unemployment rate is over 12pc and the proportion is much higher at 39.1pc for active 15-24-year-olds who are not in school or university. But some sectors – from pizza makers to engineering, from craftsmen to sales – complain they are unable to find enough applicants to fill their many vacancies, with some employers accusing young Italians of being too laid-back for the job market. ...

EU discusses ways to tackle youth unemployment

EU leaders commit to take concrete steps to get young people into jobs or training. ...

Germany backs Euro labour market to spur jobs

German labour minister will push measures to create a Europe-wide labour market that increase job mobility and tackle unemployment. ...

Italy adopts crisis measures on youth jobs

A package of about US$1.95b of European and national funds is being released to finance action to get 200,000 young Italians into work amid a staggering 40pc jobless rate among the country’s youth ...

Germany to help Spain with credit for growth

Germany is setting up a loan program for struggling small and medium-sized firms in Spain to boost growth and jobs. ...

EU leaders see ‘catastrophe’ amid youth joblessness

French president Francois Hollande makes impassioned plea for jobless ‘post-crisis’ generation that fears it will never work ...

French-German joint plan to tackle youth unemployment

Germany and France plan to present a joint blueprint today to address soaring youth unemployment. ...

Young people ‘3 times more likely’ to be unemployed

UN agency warns of unrest with global youth unemployment forecast to reach 12.8 per cent by 2018 after falling since 2009. ...