Podcast in English
Text size
Bulgarian National Radio © 2025 All Rights Reserved

Hotel and restaurant business attract highest number of third-country nationals

Photo: BGNES

Only 861 third-country nationals have been entitled to seasonal employment up to 90 days since the beginning of 2020, which is 10% of all third-country nationals entitled to seasonal employment last year, Monitor daily reports, based on information from the National Employment Agency. 399 third-country nationals were hired after the end of the state of emergency until June 5, 2020. Most of them are directed to the hotel and restaurant business. 551 nationals of Ukraine, 64 citizens of Turkmenistan and 56 Moldovan nationals applied for seasonal jobs in Bulgaria. In recent years, most of the third-country nationals searching for jobs at Bulgaria’s Black Sea coast were citizens of Ukraine, Moldova, Belarus, Russia, North Macedonia, Kyrgizstan, Armenia and Albania.




Последвайте ни и в Google News Showcase, за да научите най-важното от деня!
Listen to the daily news from Bulgaria presented in "Bulgaria Today" podcast, available in Spotify.

More from category

Photo: FB/German Christmas Market Sofia

Sofia’s City Garden hosts the traditional German Christmas Market

From today until December 21, Sofia’s City Garden is hosting the traditional German Christmas Market. The 15th edition of the market features food stalls, fragrant mulled wine, and cultural events, including concerts by young performers and..

published on 11/14/25 6:10 AM

One in Five Foreign Workers in Bulgaria Is Uzbek

Illegal recruitment agencies in Uzbekistan are sending workers to Bulgaria with promises of salaries of 5,000 leva (€2,560) . The reality often discourages them from staying, leaving employers at a loss. Officials, employer organisations and businesses..

published on 11/13/25 8:34 PM
CITUB President Plamen Dimitrov

Unions call Bulgaria’s 2026 Budget a “compromise, but feasible"

In an unprecedented move, the Bulgarian government approved the 2026 state budget draft at its meeting toda y without the agreement of employers’ organisations. Tsvetan Simeonov, President of the Bulgarian Chamber of Commerce and Industry, said that..

published on 11/13/25 8:14 PM