The crisis is worse than the blizzard: 36% unemployment rate. Elsewhere in the news, Basescu won despite invalid votes. Further in the news, the Romanian Foreign Affairs Ministry supplemented the number of bulletins in the Diaspora, thus premeditating the electoral tourism overseas. Last but not least, Romanian ballerina Alina Cojocaru, dancing for the Royal Opera House in London, performed her way into the top decade's best dances.
After a year of governance under the Boc cabinet, the crisis is worse than the blizzard: 36% unemployment rate, Cotidianul reads, informing that 2.6 million Romanians able to work are not listed with any of the state's institution. Official statistics regarding the unemployment rate in Romania read 7.5% in November, meaning that the active population is 92.5%. According to the National Employment Agency, the number of active population counts 9.1 people, with 0.68% unemployed and 5.8 million employed. It results in 2.62 million Romanians not listed in any of the two categories.
They could be working on the black labour market, may be part of the population earning a living from agriculture, or emigrated. They represent 28.79% of the active population. In June, the Romanian National Employment Agency reported a 6% unemployment rate, while the European Office for Statistics Eurostat issued a higher figure: 6.4%. The International Work Office considers unemployed all those who have looked for work and studied work offers, not only people registered with employment agencies. This considered, Cotidianul believes the unemployment rate in Romania could add up to 36%.
Basescu won despite invalid votes: Gandul informs that the final results will be made public on Monday, by 3 pm, according to the Constitutional Court rule. The re-count took place in two stages. The first one lasted for 18 hours and the Central Elector
