Deputy Minister of Labour: 24 thousand Belarusians are officially jobless

Deputy Minister of Labour and Social Protection Ihar Staravoitau has reported it to Euroradio.

Ihar Staravoitau: “24 200 people were unemployed on January 1. 2015. This information is official.”

It is not clear whether the state is going to count the real number of the unemployed. The legislation is changing all the time, Ihar Staravoitau added.