Czech unemployment at 7.7 percent in second quarter

Czech unemployment climbed in the second quarter of the year to an average 7.9 percent according to figures released by the Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs on Tuesday. That is a jump from the 5.2 percent in the same period of 2008. Around 45,000 more people joined the jobless total in the second quarter compared with the first three months of the year, but the pace of rising unemployment is slowing compared with the previous quarter.