Employment is one of the weak links in the Western Balkans. The share of the informal sector in the economy is very high, as well as attrition and depopulation. The informal sector in Kosovo reaches 60%, Veselin Mitov, international secretary of the Podkrepa trade union, said at the opening of an international conference dedicated to "Employment and social security in the Western Balkans - from regional specifics to a common European future".
Among the main problems, Mitov pointed out brain drain but also the lack of all kinds of manpower. This is also a problem for Bulgaria, the expert said.
Maria Mincheva, vice-president of the Bulgarian Industrial Association said that the Balkans miss opportunities and do not use the potential of a single regional market. We continue to be driven by the past, not the future, she added.
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European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen will visit Bulgaria's second-biggest city Plovdiv today . The visit is part of the tours in the EU member states that the leading candidates for the next President of the European Commission..
At noon sharp today, air raid sirens will sound throughout the country for 2 minutes in tribute to the memory of revolutionary poet Hristo Botev and all people who have laid down their lives for the freedom of Bulgaria, the Interior Ministry says...
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On Saturday, the weather will be mostly sunny. In the afternoon, there may be cumulonimbus and cumulus clouds and in some places, especially in the..
186 reports of vote buying have so far been submitted to the Ministry of Interior, caretaker Minister of Interior Kalin Stoyanov has announced. Out of..
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