畜牧业占国民经济重要地位的匈牙利正在从国外引进牧羊人，但新一代的牧羊人除了看守羊群以外，还应该具备会计知识和熟悉欧盟相关的政策。

    据路透社10月11日援引匈牙利《人民自由报》的报道说，匈牙利的平原地带一直是上百万只绵羊生存繁衍的家园，但现在那里已经很难寻觅到合格的牧羊人了，当地政府因此不得不从邻国罗马尼亚“进口”此类人员来解燃眉之急。对于新来的牧羊人而言，他们面临的问题不仅仅是牲畜数量的增加。来自罗马尼亚的匈牙利族人费伦斯·西雷目前在匈牙利南部的多马塞克以养羊为生。他说，“牧羊人的生活并不是从早到晚叼着个烟斗坐在草原上，旁边再有一只牧羊犬为伴那么简单”。由于匈牙利去年已经加入欧盟，所以他们还必须具备会计方面的基本技巧以便能够顺利申请到相关补贴。

    Do you have an accountancy qualification and are you familiar with the bureaucracy of the European Union? Perhaps a career as a shepherd on the plains of southern Hungary beckons.

    The "puszta" flatland, traditional home to more than a million sheep, is running out of qualified shepherds and is now importing them from neighbouring Romania.

    Not only are herd numbers growing, but shepherds must have accountancy skills and, since the country joined the EU last year, be capable of applying for grants, the newspaper Nepszabadsag reported on Tuesday.

    Ference Silay, who trained as an architect, is an ethnic Hungarian from Romania who now earns a living from the award-winning herd he owns in Domaszek, southern Hungary.

    "Being a shepherd isn't just sitting next to your dog on the field all day, smoking a pipe," he told the paper.