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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,†...

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