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Germany extends block on workers

May 01, 2008
By Marge Tubalkain-Trell

No to Berlin: Estonians will not be marching through the Brandenburg Gate any time soon.
TALLINN - The German government has decided to extend its blockade of Eastern European workers until 2011. Marta Traks, a leading specialist at European Employment Services, told The Baltic Times that the move was unlikely to seriously affect Estonian emigration. “Estonians aren’t so interested in going to Germany – they mainly prefer Nordic countries like Sweden. Germany is in fifth or sixth place. The majority of people who want to go to Germany are those who don’t speak Estonian,” she said ...

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