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Kolkata Teachers Protests - India

Jobless teachers shout slogans as they march towards the state secretariat building, demanding job reinstatement for eligible teachers whose jobs were annulled following a Supreme Court order, in Howrah, India on July 14, 2025. Thousands of jobless “untainted” teachers affected by the School Service Commission (SSC) recruitment scam in West Bengal were stopped from marching to Nabanna on Monday, as police sealed off access to the state secretariat. Photo by Debajyoti Chakraborty/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Kolkata Teachers Protests - India

Jobless teachers shout slogans as they march towards the state secretariat building, demanding job reinstatement for eligible teachers whose jobs were annulled following a Supreme Court order, in Howrah, India on July 14, 2025. Thousands of jobless “untainted” teachers affected by the School Service Commission (SSC) recruitment scam in West Bengal were stopped from marching to Nabanna on Monday, as police sealed off access to the state secretariat. Photo by Debajyoti Chakraborty/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Kolkata Teachers Protests - India

Jobless teachers shout slogans as they march towards the state secretariat building, demanding job reinstatement for eligible teachers whose jobs were annulled following a Supreme Court order, in Howrah, India on July 14, 2025. Thousands of jobless “untainted” teachers affected by the School Service Commission (SSC) recruitment scam in West Bengal were stopped from marching to Nabanna on Monday, as police sealed off access to the state secretariat. Photo by Debajyoti Chakraborty/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Kolkata Teachers Protests - India

Jobless teachers shout slogans as they march towards the state secretariat building, demanding job reinstatement for eligible teachers whose jobs were annulled following a Supreme Court order, in Howrah, India on July 14, 2025. Thousands of jobless “untainted” teachers affected by the School Service Commission (SSC) recruitment scam in West Bengal were stopped from marching to Nabanna on Monday, as police sealed off access to the state secretariat. Photo by Debajyoti Chakraborty/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Kolkata Teachers Protests - India

Jobless teachers shout slogans as they march towards the state secretariat building, demanding job reinstatement for eligible teachers whose jobs were annulled following a Supreme Court order, in Howrah, India on July 14, 2025. Thousands of jobless “untainted” teachers affected by the School Service Commission (SSC) recruitment scam in West Bengal were stopped from marching to Nabanna on Monday, as police sealed off access to the state secretariat. Photo by Debajyoti Chakraborty/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Kolkata Teachers Protests - India

Taxi drivers watch as jobless teachers shout slogans as they march towards the state secretariat building, demanding job reinstatement for eligible teachers whose jobs were annulled following a Supreme Court order, in Howrah, India on July 14,2025. Thousands of jobless “untainted” teachers affected by the School Service Commission (SSC) recruitment scam in West Bengal were stopped from marching to Nabanna on Monday, as police sealed off access to the state secretariat. Photo by Debajyoti Chakraborty/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Kolkata Teachers Protests - India

Policemen barricade the way to the jobless teachers as they sit on the street during their march towards the state secretariat building, demanding job reinstatement for eligible teachers whose jobs were annulled following a Supreme Court order, in Howrah on July 14, 2025. Thousands of jobless “untainted” teachers affected by the School Service Commission (SSC) recruitment scam in West Bengal were stopped from marching to Nabanna on Monday, as police sealed off access to the state secretariat. Photo by Debajyoti Chakraborty/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Kolkata Teachers Protests - India

Jobless teachers shout slogans as they march towards the state secretariat building, demanding job reinstatement for eligible teachers whose jobs were annulled following a Supreme Court order, in Howrah, India on July 14, 2025. Thousands of jobless “untainted” teachers affected by the School Service Commission (SSC) recruitment scam in West Bengal were stopped from marching to Nabanna on Monday, as police sealed off access to the state secretariat. Photo by Debajyoti Chakraborty/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Kolkata Teachers Protests - India

Jobless teachers shout slogans as they march towards the state secretariat building, demanding job reinstatement for eligible teachers whose jobs were annulled following a Supreme Court order, in Howrah, India on July 14, 2025. Thousands of jobless “untainted” teachers affected by the School Service Commission (SSC) recruitment scam in West Bengal were stopped from marching to Nabanna on Monday, as police sealed off access to the state secretariat. Photo by Debajyoti Chakraborty/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Kolkata Teachers Protests - India

Jobless teachers shout slogans as they march towards the state secretariat building, demanding job reinstatement for eligible teachers whose jobs were annulled following a Supreme Court order, in Howrah, India on July 14, 2025. Thousands of jobless “untainted” teachers affected by the School Service Commission (SSC) recruitment scam in West Bengal were stopped from marching to Nabanna on Monday, as police sealed off access to the state secretariat. Photo by Debajyoti Chakraborty/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Kolkata Teachers Protests - India

Jobless teachers shout slogans as they march towards the state secretariat building, demanding job reinstatement for eligible teachers whose jobs were annulled following a Supreme Court order, in Howrah, India on July 14, 2025. Thousands of jobless “untainted” teachers affected by the School Service Commission (SSC) recruitment scam in West Bengal were stopped from marching to Nabanna on Monday, as police sealed off access to the state secretariat. Photo by Debajyoti Chakraborty/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Kolkata Teachers Protests - India

Jobless teachers shout slogans as they march towards the state secretariat building, demanding job reinstatement for eligible teachers whose jobs were annulled following a Supreme Court order, in Howrah, India on July 14, 2025. Thousands of jobless “untainted” teachers affected by the School Service Commission (SSC) recruitment scam in West Bengal were stopped from marching to Nabanna on Monday, as police sealed off access to the state secretariat. Photo by Debajyoti Chakraborty/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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U.S. jobless claims rise to 218,000 last week amid cooling labor market

STORY: U.S. jobless claims rise to 218,000 last week amid cooling labor market SHOOTING TIME: Earlier footage DATELINE: Dec. 29, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:10 LOCATION: Washington D.C. CATEGORY: ECONOMY/SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of U.S. Department of Labor 2. various of views in Washington D.C. STORYLINE: Initial jobless claims in the United States rose to 218,000 last week amid cooling labor market, after dropping in the previous two weeks, the U.S. Labor Department reported on Thursday. In the week ending Dec. 23, the number of Americans filing for unemployment benefits increased by 12,000 from the previous week's revised level, according to a report released by the department's Bureau of Labor Statistics. The four-week moving average for initial jobless claims, a method to iron out data volatility, decreased by 250 to 212,000, the report showed. U.S. employers added 199,000 jobs in November amid slowing job growth, with the unemployment rate edging down to 3.7 percent, the U.S. Labor Department reported e

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Türkiye's unemployment rate at lowest level in 11 years

STORY: Türkiye's unemployment rate at lowest level in 11 years SHOOTING TIME: Earlier footage DATELINE: Dec. 12, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:15 LOCATION: Ankara CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of a textile factory and employees in Türkiye (shooting date: Nov. 13, 2023) (courtesy of ihlas news agency) 2. various of construction workers in Türkiye (shooting date: Nov. 25, 2023) (courtesy of ihlas news agency) 3. various of a bread factory and employees in Türkiye (shooting date: July 3, 2023) (courtesy of Ankara Municipality) 4. various of a textile factory and employees in Türkiye (shooting date: Dec. 7, 2023) (courtesy of ihlas news agency) STORYLINE: The jobless rate in Türkiye was 8.5 percent in October, the lowest level since November 2012 when it was 8.4 percent, the Turkish Statistical Institute said on Monday. The number of unemployed people, aged 15 years old and over, dropped by 163,000 to 2.96 million year-on-year in November, it said, adding the unemployment rate dropped by 0.5 percentage point

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Japan's unemployment rate increases 2.6 pct in February

STORY: Japan's unemployment rate increases 2.6 pct in February DATELINE: March 31, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:03 LOCATION: Tokyo CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of street views in Tokyo STORYLINE: Japan's unemployment rate increased in February from a month earlier, the government said in a report on Friday. According to the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications, the jobless rate rose by 2.6 percent in February from 2.4 percent in January. Separately, the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare said the job availability ratio dropped 0.01 points to 1.34. This equates to there being 134 job openings for every 100 people seeking work. Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Tokyo. (XHTV)

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Kenyan businesswoman optimistic about post COVID-19 pandemic recovery

STORY: Kenyan businesswoman optimistic about post COVID-19 pandemic recovery DATELINE: Feb. 20, 2023 LENGTH: 0:04:36 LOCATION: Nairobi CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of former Kenyan hotelier Winnie Mutuli 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Swahili): WINNIE MUTULI, Former hotelier 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (Swahili): WINNIE MUTULI, Former hotelier 4. SOUNDBITE 3 (Swahili): WINNIE MUTULI, Former hotelier 5. SOUNDBITE 4 (Swahili): WINNIE MUTULI, Former hotelier STORYLINE: Kenya's hospitality sector was one of the industries hit hard by severe restrictions on operations brought about by the COVID-19 pandemic. The restrictions caused widespread unemployment, where about 3.1 million jobs were severely affected. Winnie Mutuli was once a well-paid hotelier in the Kenyan capital of Nairobi. She never imagined that one day she would find herself weighed down by the drudgery of slum life. SOUNDBITE 1 (Swahili): WINNIE MUTULI, Former hotelier "My name is Winnie Mutuli, and now I'm jobless. I used to work as a hotel supervisor. But in 20

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Soup kitchen in Athens

ATHENS, Greece - Jobless people gather at the rear of a Greek Orthodox Church facility in Athens to receive free food on May 5, 2012.

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Jobless people start new life as velotaxi drivers

MATSUE, Japan - Fumiyuki Imaoka drives a velotaxi around Izumo Oyashiro, popularly known as Izumo Grand Shrine, in Izumo, Shimane Prefecture, on Aug. 11.

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Jobless people start new life as velotaxi drivers

MATSUE, Japan - Fumiyuki Imaoka drives a velotaxi around Izumo Oyashiro, popularly known as Izumo Grand Shrine, in Izumo, Shimane Prefecture, on Aug. 11.

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Japan's jobless rate hits 6-year high of 5.4% in June

TOKYO, Japan - Job seekers sit in front of computer screens as they look for jobs at a job center in Tokyo's Toshima Ward on July 31. The government announced the same day that the seasonally adjusted unemployment rate reached a six-year high of 5.4 percent in June.

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300 jobless temp workers move again from public shelters

TOKYO, Japan - Temporary workers walk to get onto a bus in Tokyo's Chuo Ward on Jan. 12 as permission for them to stay at a public shelter there expired the same day. About 300 temporary workers who had lost their jobs and places to live amid the ongoing economic slump began moving again from four shelters in Tokyo to another temporary facility.

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Senior official retracts remarks over jobless people

TOKYO, Japan - Parliamentary Secretary for Internal Affairs and Communications Tetsushi Sakamoto retracted his controversial remarks Jan. 6 that cast doubt on whether unemployed people who took shelter in a Tokyo park over the New Year period possess the will to work. Sakamoto, a Liberal Democratic Party lawmaker, apologized at a press conference, saying, ''I have caused trouble to concerned parties.''

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Japan's jobless rate hits record high 5.4%

TOKYO, Japan - A man browses a computer screen to try to find a job at a placement center in Tokyo's Shinjuku district on April 25 as Japan's unemployment rate for fiscal 2002 rose 0.2 percentage point from the previous year to hit a record-high 5.4%, underscoring the drive by beleaguered companies to slash jobs.

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Japan's jobless rate at record-tying 5.5% in Jan.

TOKYO, Japan - Job-seekers check employment information on computer screens at a government-run ''Hello Work'' job center in Tokyo's Shinjuku Ward on Feb. 28 as the government announced that Japan's seasonally adjusted jobless rate in January matched the record high of 5.5% posted in October.

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Japan's jobless rate drops to 5.3% in Nov.

TOKYO, Japan - People seek jobs at a public job placement office in Tokyo's Shinjuku district on Dec. 27. The government said the same day that Japan's seasonally adjusted jobless rate eased to 5.3% in November from a record high of 5.5% the previous month, as fewer people left their jobs over worries they would not get another in a weak economy.

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Japan's jobless rate returns to record high of 5.5%

TOKYO, Japan - People are trying to find jobs at a public employment office in Tokyo on Nov. 29. The government said the same day Japan's seasonally adjusted jobless rate rose to 5.5% in October after remaining at 5.4% for five straight months.

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Sakaguchi to seek funds for employment steps in FY 2003 budget

TOKYO, Japan - Health, Labor and Welfare Minister Chikara Sakaguchi speaks at a news conference after jobless statistics for September were released Oct. 29. Sakaguchi said he will ask for more budgetary resources to fund measures to create jobs under the fiscal 2003 state budget.

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Japan's July jobless rate unchanged at 5.4%

TOKYO, Japan - Health, Labor and Welfare Minister Chikara Sakaguchi speaks to reporters at the ministry in Tokyo on Aug. 30 about the severe job situation after the ministry announced that Japan's unemployment rate remained unchanged at 5.4% in July.

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Japan's jobless rate hits record high 5.2% in FY 2001

TOKYO, Japan - Labor minister Chikara Sakaguchi holds a news conference at the Diet on April 26 after the government reported the same day that Japan's average unemployment rate hit a record-high 5.2% in fiscal 2001, up 0.5 percentage point from the previous year.

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Gov't makes job offer info available via cell phones

TOKYO, Japan - The government on March 7 launched a mobile-phone version of its Internet information service on public and private job offers nationwide. The mobile-phone version run by the Health, Labor and Welfare Ministry is aimed at giving wider access to its Job-net service amid the harsh employment situation as the jobless rate remains at record-high levels. The service is free, except phone charges.

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Japan's jobless rate hits record high 5.6% in Dec.

TOKYO, Japan - Health, Labor and Welfare Minister Chikara Sakaguchi gives a news conference at his ministry Jan. 29 as Japan's unemployment rate climbed to a record high of 5.6% in December in the government's preliminary report. The figure pushed the average jobless rate for 2001 to a record high of 5.0%.

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Thousands seek jobs with Chinese firms at H.K. fair

HONG KONG - Thousands of people in Hong Kong compete for several hundred jobs in China at a recruitment fair on Jan. 26 with the territory's jobless rate hitting a two-year-high amid the global economic downturn. The job fair is the first ever organized for Chinese state-run and private companies.

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Rengo to give priority to job security

TOKYO, Japan - Kiyoshi Sasamori (L), president of the 7.6 million-strong Japanese Trade Union Confederation (Rengo), speaks at a meeting of the group's strategic committee meeting in Tokyo on Jan. 9. With the nation's jobless rate staying at record levels, the committee decided to give priority to job security in wage negotiations with management.

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Nov. jobless rate sets record for 3rd month at 5.5%

TOKYO, Japan - Job seekers check job information on computer screens at a ''Hello Work'' office, a government-run job placement office, in Tokyo's Bunkyo Ward on Dec. 28. The government announced the same day that Japan's unemployment rate climbed to 5.5% in November, setting a record high for the third consecutive month, with job losses by middle-aged, full-time male workers showing a marked increase.

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Takenaka warns of double-digit jobless rate without reform

TOKYO, Japan - Heizo Takenaka, minister in charge of economic and fiscal policy, speaks during a government-citizens dialogue meeting in Tokyo on Dec. 16. Seated second from left it labor minister Chikara Sagauchi. Takenaka warned that Japan's jobless rate, now at a record-high 5.4%, could soar to a double-digit figure if the government fails to reform the economic structure.

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Japan's jobless rate hits record high of 5.4% in Oct.

TOKYO, Japan - Job seekers look at computer screens to check job information at the government-run job placement office ''Hello Work'' in Tokyo on Nov. 30. The government announced the same day that Japan's seasonally adjusted unemployment rate rose to 5.4% in October from 5.3% in September, marking a record high for the second month.

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Employment office for young people opens in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - With Japan's jobless rate staying at a record high of 5.3%, a government-run employment office aimed especially at finding young people jobs opens in Tokyo's Shibuya Ward on Nov. 28, 2001. The office, dubbed Young Hellowork Shibuya Shigoto-Kan, caters to people aged under 30 by offering diverse information including counseling and aptitude tests for jobs.

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Japan's jobless rate soars 0.3 point to record 5.3%

TOKYO, Japan - Job seekers check out job opportunities at the government-run job placement office ''Hello Work'' in Tokyo's Bunkyo Ward on Oct. 30. The government announced earlier in the day that Japan's jobless rate soared by 0.3 percentage point in September from the month before to a record-high 5.3%, or 3.57 million.

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Business leader calls for safety nets for jobless

TOKYO, Japan - Hiroshi Okuda (standing at right), chairman of the Japan Federation of Employers Associations, speaks to Finance Minister Masajuro Shiokawa (seated at left) in a meeting at a Tokyo hotel July 13. Okuda urged the government to improve safety nets against an increase in unemployment expected as a result of Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi's aggressive structural reform.

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Kyoto school marks 1st anniversary of fatal stabbing

KYOTO, Japan - Pupils at the Hino Elementary School in Kyoto on Dec. 21 pray for the soul of Toshiki Nakamura, a 7-year-old second-year student stabbed to death by a jobless man in the school grounds a year ago. Pupils, parents and teachers assemble to mourn the death of Nakamura.

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Part-time work offered to evacuees near Mt. Usu

ABUTA, Japan - Women in Abuta, near the Mt. Usu volcano in southwestern Hokkaido, string young scallops on ropes April 20 for growing them in the sea. The Abuta town office began offering this kind of part-time work on coastal scallop farms the same day to about 255 residents who were forced to evacuate the area and became jobless because of the eruption of the mountain March 31.

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U.S.-LABOR MARKET

(220819) -- WASHINGTON, Aug. 19, 2022 (Xinhua) -- A hiring sign is posted on the window of a store in the Old Town neighborhood of Alexandria, Virginia, the United States, on Aug. 18, 2022. Initial jobless claims in the United States last week dropped slightly to 250,000, hovering around nine-month high as the labor market shows signs of cooling, the U.S. Labor Department reported on Thursday. TO GO WITH "U.S. jobless claims slightly drop last week, hovering around nine-month high" (Photo by Ting Shen/Xinhua)

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U.S.-LABOR MARKET

(220819) -- WASHINGTON, Aug. 19, 2022 (Xinhua) -- A hiring sign is posted on the window of a restaurant in the Old Town neighborhood of Alexandria, Virginia, the United States, on Aug. 18, 2022. Initial jobless claims in the United States last week dropped slightly to 250,000, hovering around nine-month high as the labor market shows signs of cooling, the U.S. Labor Department reported on Thursday. TO GO WITH "U.S. jobless claims slightly drop last week, hovering around nine-month high" (Photo by Ting Shen/Xinhua)

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U.S.-LABOR MARKET

(220819) -- WASHINGTON, Aug. 19, 2022 (Xinhua) -- A hiring sign is posted on the window of a restaurant in the Old Town neighborhood of Alexandria, Virginia, the United States, on Aug. 18, 2022. Initial jobless claims in the United States last week dropped slightly to 250,000, hovering around nine-month high as the labor market shows signs of cooling, the U.S. Labor Department reported on Thursday. TO GO WITH "U.S. jobless claims slightly drop last week, hovering around nine-month high" (Photo by Ting Shen/Xinhua)

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U.S.-LABOR MARKET

(220819) -- WASHINGTON, Aug. 19, 2022 (Xinhua) -- A hiring sign is posted on the window of a restaurant in the Old Town neighborhood of Alexandria, Virginia, the United States, on Aug. 18, 2022. Initial jobless claims in the United States last week dropped slightly to 250,000, hovering around nine-month high as the labor market shows signs of cooling, the U.S. Labor Department reported on Thursday. TO GO WITH "U.S. jobless claims slightly drop last week, hovering around nine-month high" (Photo by Ting Shen/Xinhua)

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U.S.-LABOR MARKET

(220819) -- WASHINGTON, Aug. 19, 2022 (Xinhua) -- A hiring sign is posted on the window of a restaurant in the Old Town neighborhood of Alexandria, Virginia, the United States, on Aug. 18, 2022. Initial jobless claims in the United States last week dropped slightly to 250,000, hovering around nine-month high as the labor market shows signs of cooling, the U.S. Labor Department reported on Thursday. TO GO WITH "U.S. jobless claims slightly drop last week, hovering around nine-month high" (Photo by Ting Shen/Xinhua)

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U.S.-LABOR MARKET

(220819) -- WASHINGTON, Aug. 19, 2022 (Xinhua) -- A hiring sign is posted on the window of a restaurant in the Old Town neighborhood of Alexandria, Virginia, the United States, on Aug. 18, 2022. Initial jobless claims in the United States last week dropped slightly to 250,000, hovering around nine-month high as the labor market shows signs of cooling, the U.S. Labor Department reported on Thursday. TO GO WITH "U.S. jobless claims slightly drop last week, hovering around nine-month high" (Photo by Ting Shen/Xinhua)

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Unemployment remains over 7 pct in India as Modi instructs to create more jobs

STORY: Unemployment remains over 7 pct in India as Modi instructs to create more jobs DATELINE: June 14, 2022 LENGTH: 0:01:31 LOCATION: New Delhi CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of India gate 2. Govt. buildings 3. various of office going people 4. various of market area 5. various of traffic STORYLINE: The unemployment rate in India improved to 7.12 percent in May, from 7.83 percent in April, revealed the data provided by the Center for Monitoring Indian Economy (CMIE). According to the report, the unemployment rate in urban parts of the country in May stood at 8.21 percent while it was 6.62 in the rural areas. On June 13, the jobless rate in the country stood at 7.27 percent (7.81 in urban and 7.02 in rural areas), the CMIE data revealed further. The northern state of Haryana recorded the highest rate of unemployment at 24.6 percent in May, followed by Rajasthan (22.2 percent), Tripura (17.4 percent) and Delhi (13.6 percent). Meanwhile, in a bid to address the growing concerns over

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Poverty stalks picturesque Bamiyan province in Afghanistan

STORY: Poverty stalks picturesque Bamiyan province in Afghanistan DATELINE: March 29, 2022 LENGTH: 00:02:15 LOCATION: BAMIYAN, Afghanistan CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: various of Bamiyan province in AfghanistanSOUNDBITE 1 (Dari): HABIBULLAH, Bamiyan residentvarious of Bamiyan province in AfghanistanSOUNDBITE 2 (Dari): HABIBULLAH, Bamiyan residentSOUNDBITE 3 (Dari): NAJIBULLAH, Bamiyan residentSOUNDBITE 4 (Dari): MAHDI, Bamiyan residentSOUNDBITE 5 (Pashto): ABDULLAH SARHADI, Governor of Bamyiyan STORYLINE: With beautiful landscape and historical monuments including giant Buddhas, Bamiyan province in central Afghanistan was once a popular destination for tourists. Although it enjoys peaceful environment, Bamiyan is among the poorest provinces of Afghanistan. SOUNDBITE 1 (Dari): HABIBULLAH, Bamiyan resident I'm a daily wager, but I can't find work every day. If I work one day, the second day will be jobless, because the poor economy has drastically reduced job opportunities. I can hardly earn 150 - 200 afgha

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Greek jobless rate drops to 12-year low

STORY: Greek jobless rate drops to 12-year low DATELINE: March 19, 2022 LENGTH: 00:00:51 LOCATION: Athens CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. Shot of a Greek flag 2. Graphic shot of the numbers for the unemployed people in Greece as the Hellenic Statistical Authority (ELSTAT) announced on March 17 3. Various shots of people in center of Athens 4. SOUNDBITE (Greek): KOSTIS HATZIDAKIS, Labor and Social Affairs Minister 5. Shot of people in center of Athens STORYLINE: The unemployment rate in Greece in January was a 12-year record low of 12.8 percent, unchanged from December 2021, the authorities said here on Thursday. In the fourth quarter (Q4) of 2021, the unemployment rate was 13.2 percent, down from 16.2 percent in the same period of 2020, the Hellenic Statistical Authority (ELSTAT) said. SOUNDBITE (Greek): KOSTIS HATZIDAKIS, Labor and Social Affairs Minister "The main goal (of the state) is the effective support of the unemployed, especially the long-term unemployed, with their fastest possible return