Artists receive 50 - percent - increase wages

In this case the Minister of Culture, Youth and Sports, Metom Gashi, has also solemnly handed over contracts from the implementation of the Order for Gradim and the Salaries for cultural beneficiaries.

He said that through this regulation preconditions have been created to achieve the goals set out in programming policies for culture and cultural heritage.

According to him, through the increase in salaries of local creators, better promotion is being made for Kosovo.

We are constantly working with cultural and cultural heritage policy to ensure the promotion of culture and protection of cultural heritage in our country, to ensure the preservation of our society's identity. With the rise of salaries for artists from today we have created more opportunities for our artists to continue to make us proud of their creativity and performance that are promoting Kosovo”, Gashi said.

He pledged that any disappointment over this regulation would jointly regulate with the artistic community.

While, on behalf of the Theatre's union associations, the Philharmonic, the Opera and the Ansabli “Shota” spoke to Semira Latifi, who said today they are conveying a long-awaited news for Kosovo art performers.

“Today, increased wages have been executed for the art performers of the Republic of Kosovo for which you have promised the Minister Gashi at our first meeting when he was appointed minister... Our previous request has been realized, and for this, the Minister of Merit Gashi, for whom they express special consideration and respect as minister who kept his word given... We want this day to be marked as an example and push for other state officials to understand how important is the realization of a public promise, and how hopefully when we become the responsibilities that are said, Lafif said.

Otherwise, the artistic community in September of this year has held a nine-day strike, with the sole requirement of raising the comfortable salary regulation.