Four cases of third-country nationals - three from Nepal and one from Sri Lanka - who were employed by hotels in the Sunny Beach resort and then disappeared have been reported to police in Nessebar. According to Veselin Nalbantov, deputy chairman of the..
About 800 thousand Bulgarians migrate every year as seasonal workers. This was stated by Valentina Vasilyonova, President of the Federation of Independent Trade Unions in Agriculture at CITUB. According to her, north-west Bulgaria (the poorest..
European Commission concludes reports on Romania under the Cooperation and Verification Mechanism The European Commission announced that Romania has fulfilled the benchmarks set in the Cooperation and Verification Mechanism. The Commission..
Labour mobility within the EU should be made easier for workers as well as for employers, with clearer rules to ensure fair, equality-based working conditions. This is the aim of a report drafted by European People’s Party MEP Radan Kanev and his team..
The sharp decline of remittance flows will have a devastating effect on a number of countries from the region of Eastern Europe and Central Asia, the World Bank forecasts. Experts forecast that the amount of money sent by emigrants to these..
Greece has introduced stricter rules for foreign seasonal workers due to the increasing number of Covid-19 cases in the Balkans. Foreign agricultural workers who leave the country before August 4 will not be able to return until further notice,..
Bulgarian seasonal workers are protesting in the Italian town of Mondragone near Naples in the town area blocked due to a coronavirus outbreak. The army interfered after some workers managed to break the Police cordon. Clashes with furious locals..
The unemployed Bulgarians who decide to work in the agriculture field will not lose their right to social benefits. However, this work will not be considered as work experience. This is one of the measures aimed to facilitate the hiring of seasonal..
The European Commission expects France to investigate the case of the Bulgarian seasonal workers who were forcibly returned to Bulgaria . We have full confidence in the inspection of the French authorities, said a spokesman for the institution...
The lawyer of the Bulgarian seasonal workers which were returned from France, Quentin Décamps, expects to receive the decision of the court of first instance on May 8 on the appeal of the Bulgarians against their non-admission to French territory ...
