Registered Unemployment Rate at 14.4 Percent in August

Ljubljana, 16 October - STATISTICS/EMPLOYMENT
Slovenia's labour force in August was 868,004, with 742,808 persons employed, a 0.1 percent fall over July and a 0.6 percent rise over August 1996, the National Statistics Office reported. The number of persons in paid employment reached 650,809 in August, with 91,999 persons being self-employed.