A total of 16,073 citizens have lost their jobs since the beginning of the pandemic, said the director of the Employment Agency Bekim Murati.
According to the official data of the Agency, these citizens have checked out of the compulsory social insurance and remained unemployed in the period after March 11, 2020, until December 31, 2021.
The Employment Agency currently has 130,982 active jobseekers and 54,638 other citizens who register every six months and are considered passive jobseekers.