Slightly more people were out of work in Germany in August than a month ago, but the unemployment rate was just 6.8 percent of the workforce - near its lowest in two decades.

Joblessness rose by some 7,000 to 2.943 million in seasonally adjusted terms.

It was the first rise in the total since May and the Federal Labour Agency blamed a hiring lull due to the summer holiday.

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