Unemployment hits historic record of 3. 4 million in Italy
(AGI) Rome, Nov 28 - The situation in Italy's labour marketshows no sign of improvement according to national statisticsagency, ISTAT. The working population amounted to 22.3 millionin October, 55,000 workers less than in September and stable onan annual basis. The number of unemployed reached 3.4 millionin October, up by 90,000 from September - 2.7 percent - and by268,000 units from October of the previous year. Unemploymentin Italy hit a historic record of 13.2 percent in October, thehighest on record since 1977. The number of jobless rose 0.3percentage points compared to September