The Swiss government has decided to extend with one year the restriction on the number of work permits for Bulgarians and Romanians to slightly below 1000.
A safeguard clause to this effect exists in the agreement on free movement between Switzerland and the two countries.
Just like last year, the Swiss government is worried that a large proportion of workers from the two countries take seasonal jobs in a sector with above-average unemployment rates.
In 2016 and 2017, after the introduction of the free movement of people, net migration from Bulgaria and Romania increased more than twice against the background of a decline in migration from other EU countries.
Sofia Mayor Vasil Terziev sent a letter to the Minister of Culture and the Director of the National Institute for Immovable Cultural Heritage insisting that 17 buildings in central Sofia restore their status of immovable cultural property. ''These..
The weather conditions for mountain hiking are poor, the Mountain Rescue Service said. Temperatures are around zero. It is cloudy with light rain and, in some places, light snowfall. Ice is also present, as the snow has not melted in many places...
The National Assembly tasked the Minister of Energy with taking actions to renegotiate the agreement between the Bulgarian state-owed natural gas supplier Bulgartransgaz and the Turkish energy company Botas, in order to protect the interests of the..
The first shipment of fresh nuclear fuel for the Kozloduy nuclear power plant has arrived at the port of Varna - West. The fuel, manufactured by the US..
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The Bulgarian Socialist Party will send the parliamentary report on the gas contract with the Turkish state-owned energy company Botas to the..
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