Ljubljana – The unemployment in Slovenia stopped dropping in October for the first time since February, Mitja Bobnar, the head of the Employment Service, told the STA in an interview. However, the reason is not the expiry of subsidies for shorter working hours but first-time job seekers, he explained. Bobnar expects the situation in the labour market to remain favourable. In September, 66,122 persons were registered as unemployed in Slovenia, which is close to the record low number recorded in September 2008, when 59,303 were registered as jobless. The trend…
