Spain sees slight increase in first quarter jobless

Spain's high unemployment rose slightly in the first quarter, official data showed Thursday, in a bleak reminder of the challenges the country faces as it seeks to cement a fragile economic recovery. The jobless rate rose to 23.78 percent, according to the National Statistics Institute (INE), up from 23.7 percent in the previous quarter. The number of people out of work in the January to March period actually fell by 13,100 to 5.44 million when compared with the previous quarter, the bigges