Greek unemployment, highest in EU, dips in early 2019

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greek national statistics show that unemployment, long the highest in the European Union, fell in the first quarter when compared to last year, but still afflicts around one in five Greeks.
The country’s statistical authority said Thursday that the unemployment rate was 19.2% in the January-March period, compared to 21.2% a year earlier.
On a quarterly basis it was higher, but the tourism-reliant Greek job market fluctuates depending on the time of the year and