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Juicy grapes lure Spanish from jobless lines to vines

Spain’s Canary Islands begins a bumper wine grape harvest this year, luring workers from the unemployment queues to the vineyard. ...

EU kicks off jobs summit after budget compromise

EU leaders kicked off a two-day summit on Thursday tackling the jobs crisis hours after compromise between governments on the EU’s trillion-euro budget. ...

World down on jobs, with Europe bleakest: Gallup

57pc of adults worldwide said it was a bad time to find a job – unchanged from 2011, although global views on job prospects have improved since 2009, the height of the global downturn. Greece, Italy and Spain the worst places to find work ...

IMF calls for urgent steps on Spain unemployment

IMF warns Spain could face years of high unemployment and sluggish growth unless the country and Europe take “urgent action”. ...

France taps Colbert in effort to bring jobs back home

French Industry Minister Arnaud Montebourg, an advocate against “unfair” trade practices, says Colbert 2.0 is a new way to bring jobs back home. ...

Germany to help Spain with credit for growth

Germany is setting up a loan program for struggling small and medium-sized firms in Spain to boost growth and jobs. ...

Italian workers 'recycle' jobs after factory shutdown

Unemployed Italian factory workers create jobs by taking over disused factory and planning to set up recycling business. ...

London to create 1 in every 4 jobs between 2013 and 2018: report

London is forecast to create a total of 374,000 jobs between 2013 and 2018, or 1 in every 4 jobs created across the country, according to report released by City of London Corporation Wednesday. ...