Michaela Handrek-Rehle

German Federal Labour Office President Florian Gerster reacts during a news conference in the southern German town of Nuremberg September 4, 2003. Germanys seasonally-adjusted jobless total steadied in August, helped by labour market reforms, but the outlook for jobs remained weak. The Federal Labour Office said on Thursday unemployment adjusted for seasonal factors was unchanged totalling 4.407 million in August from a downwardly-revised 4.406 in July. REUTERS/Michaela Rehle

01.01.2003