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Germany looking for more workers from the Balkans

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Germany has announced that it needs more labor force and that to cover the demand, the Government in Berlin has accelerated the process of accepting foreign experts into the country.

For this purpose, a new service has been opened in Bonn to coordinate the recognition of professional qualifications acquired abroad, KTV reports.

The German Statistical Office has announced that the number of citizens able to work in Germany will fall by 2035 to XNUMX million by XNUMX. As a result, there is already a labor shortage in many branches of the country.

According to the German Chamber of Industry and Commerce, even 56 percent of companies consider the lack of labor as the biggest risk to their operation.

From March, the new Law on immigration of skilled workers will come into force in Germany. The law aims to facilitate the entry into Germany of qualified workers from non-member countries of the European Union.

In the meantime, the countries of the Western Balkans have traditionally been the target of German employers.