Masty district accounts for highest unemployment rate in Hrodna region

The Masty district has reported the highest unemploment level in the Hrodna region, Joseph Tsivonchyk, a deputy head of the labor and social security committee, said during the meeting of the district administration.  The unemployment rate in the Masty district stands at 1.3 percent against 1 percent in the whole region.

Local district council member Dzmitry Kukhlei reckons that this situation in the Masty district is caused by a range of reasons, including the hurdles for entrepreneurs and small-size businesses and the crisis in the timber-processing industry, the dominating sector in the district.