he number of persons employed remained stable in both the euro area and the European Union(EU)28 in the third quarter this year compared with the previous quarter, according to a statement issued on Friday by Eurostat, the statistical office of the EU.

Compared with the same quarter of the previous year, employment fell by 0.8 percent in the euro area and by 0.3 percent in the EU28 in the third quarter of 2013, after a drop of 1.1 percent and 0.6 percent respectively in the second quarter of 2013.

Eurostat estimated that, in the third quarter of 2013, 223.2 million men and women were employed in the EU28, of which 145.0 million were in the euro area. These figures are seasonally adjusted. Endi

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