Unemployment in Cyprus increased marginally to 9,6% of the active population, in January, compared with 9.5 in December 2011, according to figures released by Eurostat, which also show a historic high in the Euro area unemployment which reached 10.7%.
The EU-wide unemployment rose marginally to 10.1% compared with 10% in December.
January unemployment in men reached 8.5%, up by 0.5% compared with December, whereas unemployment in women climbed to 9.9% compared with 9.6%.
According to Eurostat figures for December 2012, unemployment in youth (below 25 years) stood at 27%.