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30  May , 2007   Switzerland Lifts Labour Market Restrictions for Bulgarians, Romanians
Swiss government has decided to gradually lift labour restrictions on Bulgarians and Romanians, the Bulgarian News Agency reported. The decision will be officially announced following negotiations between officials from the twenty-six cantons of Switzerland and a parliamentary foreign affairs commission. Talks are expected to wrap up before the summer recess, according to the report. The new measures, however, will not provide Bulgarian and Romanian job seekers with unfettered access to Switzerland's labour market and their stay in the country will also be limited.

At the beginning of May Swiss authorities decided to make it easier for western Europeans to work in the federation, expanding the reach of regulations first introduced in 2002. A similar plan to gradually lift restrictions by 2011 is in place for the Eastern European countries that joined the EU in 2004.

Source: Sofia News Agency