Czech unemployment climbs to 7.9 percent

Czech unemployment rose to 7.9 percent in April from March’s 7.7 percent, the Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs announced on Tuesday. The latest rise takes the jobless total to just over 445,000. April’s jump was bigger than most analysts expected and is the highest rate since April 2007. They warn that the unemployment total will creep up to around 9.0 percent by the end of the year.