Employment growth in Eurozone accelerated marginally for the second straight quarter in the three months ended June, figures from Eurostat showed Tuesday.
Employment rose a seasonally adjusted 0.3 percent in the second quarter, following a 0.2 percent climb in the previous quarter. In the fourth quarter last year, employment edged up 0.1 percent.
On an annual basis, employment growth held steady at 0.8 percent in the three-month period to June.
In the EU 28, employment grew 0.2 percent from the previous quarter and 0.9 percent from the first quarter of 2014.
Among member countries, Portugal and Greece logged highest employment growth in the second quarter as compared to the preceding quarter, while biggest decreases were observed in Finland, the United Kingdom, Bulgaria and Lithuania.
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