The EU is increasingly competing with other destinations in the global race for talent. To attract and retain highly qualified workers – particularly in sectors facing skills shortages – the EU ...

Blue Cards guarantee a minimum salary even in countries where there's no minimum wage. Every year, EU countries issue tens of thousands of them. The latest report on Blue Cards shows that Germany ...

The number of EU Blue Cards issued has grown rapidly in recent years, but remains relatively low, as many countries continue to rely on their own national schemes. In 2023, 4.3 million people moved to ...

The Council today adopted a directive establishing the entry and residence conditions for highly-qualified non-EU nationals coming to live and work in the EU (the blue card directive). This EU-wide ...

SLOVAKIA, like other European countries, faces an aging society and is starting to look beyond its borders to fill in gaps in its labour force. To create a more unified structure for work migration ...

The latest report on Blue Cards shows that Germany welcomes the most workers from outside the EU among the bloc's member states. Berlin issued around 69,000 of these permits, or 78% of the EU's total ...