Employment down 139,700 people (Il Sole 24 Ore Radiocor) - Madrid, 26 Apr - In the first quarter, Spain's unemployment rate rose to 12.29% from 11.80% in the fourth quarter of last year, according to the statistics office Ine.

The number of employed fell by 139,700 people in the first quarter compared with the previous three months to 21,250,000.

Year on year, 615,800 jobs were created.

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