Eurozone jobless reaches record 11.2 per cent

Unemployment across the recession-hit eurozone was a record 11.2 percent in June, with more jobs lost in the single currency area, official EU data seen in Brussels showed Tuesday.

EU data agency Eurostat said the seasonally-adjusted rate was the same as an upwardly-revised May toll but noted another 123,000 people lost their jobs going into the European summer, bringing the total to nearly 18 million, more than two million up on a year earlier.