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Unemployment in August reached 25.4%, although this is the strongest period for the tourism sector and traditionally, employment always increases at that time. Young people up to the age of 24 years are in the worst situation. The unemployed in this age group exceed 58%, followed by the people aged up to 34 years. The unemployment in this group has risen to 33%, the most severe being the situation in the western part of Greek Macedonia, Thessaly and Crete.