In just one year over 24 thousand citizens left their jobs.

The chairman of the Kosovo Chamber of Economics, Berat Rukiqi, has said that over 24 thousand citizens have launched work in Kosovo companies and institutions.

Rukiqi at a media conference during publishing of Kosovo's business climate indicator for the second quarter of the year, has assumed that a large part of people have received working visas and these jobs have not been replaced by companies.

“Since the third quarter of 2017 so far, Kosovo has lost 24 thousand and 100 jobs. This is officially on the Kosovo Statistics Agency boards. The assumption is that a large part of the people have received working visas and these jobs have not replaced companies. There is yet another assumption that by not having adequate predictability in the visa liberalisation process or having a reluctance to create jobs due to any cases of visa liberalisation, many companies fear that a large number of people will leave”, he stressed.

During the publication for the business climate measurement indicator, Rukiqi has said that in each indicator there is frustration and deterioration of the business situation in the second quarter of this year.

According to him, the three main barriers remain non-combatal competition, financial shortages and the informal economy.

In every indicator in this three months, we have reduced the level of pleasure in businesses and reduced expectations for the next six months. That means we have a deteriorating business situation. This is reflected in the data, where from 43 per cent in the three-month advance of positive expectations, we have 34 per cent” in this three-month period, Rukiqi stressed.

While Rukiqi has not told about the amount of tools that have been stolen in these seven cases, she has said that Kosovo does not have the good image, and if that is continued it could affect attracting foreign investments.

Directors of the Kosovo Economic Ode showed another concern about increasing organised crime or increasing the number of robberies and thefts in businesses, especially in the banking sector.

Rukiqi, not pointing to the amount of stolen vehicles, said that from mid-August until late September, seven thefts have occurred only in commercial banks.

The “Only from August 15th to the previous week have been seven robberies at the point of the day, which have caused a lot of concerns because some banks also have foreign capital. Normally, it is not understood for a foreign company that within a day or for a short period of time a large number of lootings will occur and the uncertainty of banks and businesses in general”, the OEK leader stressed.

Rukiqi has added that a large number of thefts have occurred even in many small businesses, especially in the Pristina region and other regions.

For this disturbing phenomenon, he said he would be addressed in writing to the Kosovo Police, the prosecution and courts for handling cases of priorital theft. /I. Shaban/