Russia’s unemployment drops to all-time low – official

The unemployment level in Russia plunged to a new all-time low of 3.2% in May, Deputy Prime Minister for Social Policy Tatyana Golikova said on Friday. According to the official, the number of jobless people recorded last month was 516,000, which is a 48,000 decline from the beginning of the year.

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EU state’s hotel industry boss counts cost of anti-Russia sanctions

Latvia has lost a third of its tourists following a ban on most Russian visitors, Andris Kalnins has said Latvia has lost a third of its tourists since downgrading ties with Russia over the Ukraine conflict and is unlikely to ever recover the loss, the president of the Association of Hotels and Restaurants of Latvia,…

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Rioters loot gun store in Marseille – media

Several rifles were reportedly stolen from a weapons shop on the fourth consecutive night of the unrest across France Marseille saw some of the worst violence on Friday, as rioters looted a gun shop near the Old Port district, according to French media. Paris has deployed 45,000 police, armored vehicles, and helicopters to quell the…

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