At the II international online session of the “Barents Euro-Arctic Region Against Coronavirus”, heads of the Barents Euro-Arctic region area noted that a 10-18% rise in the unemployment rate is one of the problems caused by the pandemic.
The II international online session of the “Barents Euro-Arctic Region Against Coronavirus” was held at the initiative of Andrey Chibis, the governor of the Murmansk Region. The situation regarding the spread of the coronavirus, key features of fighting the pandemic, as well as measures to reduce the pandemic’s economic and social impacts in the macroregion were the key topics on the agenda.
Speaking about the situation in the Murmansk Region, Chibis pointed out that the regional authorities had managed to slow down the growth rates, while the key task was not to damage the economy. According to him, small and medium-sized businesses and tourism have suffered most from the pandemic. A package of unprecedented support measures has been developed for them.
A view of Murmansk. (File)
Elisabeth Vik Aspaker, the governor of Norway’s Troms og Finnmark, said that in Norway the number of infected had started growing again after a summer lull. Before the summer, there was a lockdown period, strict rules were introduced, then restrictions were replaced with recommendations. Local outbreaks are being controlled by local measures.
Pauli Harju, the governor of Finland’s North Ostrobothnia, noted that the pandemic had triggered a significant increase in the number of unemployed.
Lars Lustig, the deputy governor of the Swedish province of Västerbotten, also reported an increase in the unemployment rate. “It’s more than 10% now. Support measures have been introduced, but it will be at least 2023 by the time we manage to fully recover”, he said.
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