Where have all the nurses gone? EU tackles healthcare labour shortage
Doctors, nurses, carers, pharmacists: No matter where you look across Europe, the continued lack of health professionals is weighing on a sector that has been in crisis for years.
EU countries struggle integrating Ukrainian refugees, German IAB reports
Germany and other EU countries are struggling to integrate Ukrainian refugees into their labour market, to which Ukrainians have access under a temporary protection mechanism introduced by the EU in 2022.
Germany eases access for non-EU jobseekers
Germany has introduced a new visa scheme for non-EU workers in an attempt to tackle an acute shortage of skilled labour in the country. In the European Union, the so-called EU Blue Card allows workers from non-EU countries to live and work in the bloc.