ATHENS, March 16 (Reuters) - Greece's jobless rate rose
to 11.9% in the fourth quarter from 11.6% in the third quarter
of the year, data by the country's statistics service ELSTAT
showed on Thursday.
About 64% of Greece's 558,416 jobless are long-term
unemployed, meaning they have been out of work for at least 12
months, the figures showed.
(Reporting by Angeliki Koutantou; Editing by Toby Chopra)
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