KIEV, Aug. 16 – President Viktor Yanukovych has signed a new employment law aimed at helping young people.

Iryna Akimova, First Deputy head of Ukraine's Presidential Administration, said at a briefing in Kiev that the law would partially resolve problems on the population's employment.

Akimova said that young people faced problems with employment in the country. She said that the unemployment rate with respect to persons under the age of 25 was higher than average. She also said that people who are approaching retirement age if they lose their jobs, as well as members of families who bring up children with disabilities, cannot find jobs.