Slightly fewer unemployed people in Thuringia. 1,100 fewer people were unemployed in March than in the previous month.
The unemployment rate fell from 6.5 percent to 6.4 percent, as the regional directorate of the Federal Employment Agency announced on Thursday. Employers reported almost 3,000 new jobs, almost 600 fewer than in February and 400 fewer than a year ago. Long-term unemployment is stagnating - around 33 percent of people were considered long-term unemployed.