The Czech unemployment rate remained at 4% in February, unchanged month-on-month. In year-on-year terms, it increased by 0.1%. It is also the highest February rate since 2017, except for the COVID-19 year of 2021, and the third lowest rate in the EU, the Czech Labour Office reported. Minister of Labour and Social Affairs Marian Jurecka pointed out that “many vacancies are still available for applicants” and that “traditionally among the most demanded ones are workers professions”. “For a third month in a row, the number of job applicants is higher than registered free vacancies,” Daniel Kristo…