Unemployment rate drops to lowest level in 13 years to reach 10.16%
Number of jobless falls almost 4 points in 2021, with 142,500 fewer people out of work
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55% wants to wait to see effects before getting Covid-19 vaccine: poll
Survey shows that young women with superior studies are the most cautious, as 16% would not allow getting dose even after doctor's advice
Poll: 60% say their opinion of Spanish government has worsened during pandemic
Almost half of citizens surveyed say they've felt worried in the last seven days
Poll: 2 in 3 Catalans would vote for republic over monarchy in referendum
Across Spain 40.9% favor republic versus 34.9% for the status quo
Poll: Only 44.4% of Spaniards willing to take vaccine “immediately” once it's available
58.3% would like stricter Covid-19 measures while 84% want to work from home
Pro-independence parties would increase parliamentary majority, says poll
Latest Catalan government survey also says 47% are against an independent Catalonia compared to 43% in favor
Over 40% of Europeans want EU to mediate in Catalan conflict, says poll
Survey by Catalan public diplomacy council also says Catalonia's image has improved while Spain's has worsened due to political crisis
Unemployment up in Catalonia after summer holiday
General trend still positive as jobless number falls compared to same period last year
Unemployment rate down to 10.63%, lowest since 2008
Some 33,500 jobs were created between July and September this year
Unemployment in Catalonia drops to lowest level since crisis began
Jobless rate falls to 12% with 20,000 fewer people out of work in the first quarter of 2018
Pro-independence parties would maintain an absolute majority in Parliament, according to survey
Left-wing party ERC would be the most voted, with pro-independence parties obtaining 47.9% of votes
Catalan pupils score above Spain, EU and OECD average in PISA tests
The latest PISA survey shows that pupils in Catalonia have performed above the Spanish, European Union and Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) average in all subjects for the first time since the report series was launched in 2000. Catalan students had never reached a score of 500 in the three Pisa tests, always struggling with scientific and mathematical skills, but this time around they passed all of the exams. The average mark in Science is 504 points (12 points more than in the previous edition three years ago), 500 points in maths (7 more) and 500 in reading comprehension, losing a point compared to 2012. The average in Spain, the EU or the OECD is not 500 points or over for any of the three tests. According to the Catalan Minister for Education, Meritxell Ruiz, the results support the “transformation of the educational model” Catalonia has been undergoing since the introduction of the Education Act of Catalonia (LEC, going by its Catalan initials) in 2009.
Catalonia leads the unemployment decrease in Spain
The number of jobless people in Catalonia at the end of the third quarter stood at 659,600, which means 66,500 less than in the same period last year. The 17.49% unemployment rate is the lowest in the last five years, according to the Active Population Survey (EPA) published this Thursday by the Spanish Institute of Statistics (INE). Catalonia is the Autonomous Community which led job creation in Spain:between July and September, 35,800 jobs were created, mainly in the service sector, due to seasonal contracts. In Spain as a whole, unemployment fell by nearly 300,000 people and 182,000 new jobs were created. The overall number of jobless people in Spain now stands at 4.8 million, a figure that hasn't been registered in the last four years and is below the 5 million psychological barrier.