4 hours agoHoti denies reports of state workers: Public sector not affected
Periskopi(6 years ago)
(6 years ago)Kosovo Prime Minister Avdullah Hoti has held a media conference together with Minister Hykmete Bajrami after the government meeting in which the budget was approved for 2020. Hoti said this budget has agreed with the IMF, and that this is very important for the credibility of this budget. He denied he would [...]
Kosovo Prime Minister Avdullah Hoti has held a media conference together with Minister Hykmete Bajrami after the government meeting in which the budget was approved for 2020.
Hoti said this budget has agreed with the IMF, and that this is very important for the credibility of this budget.
He denied there would be movements in the public sector.
I am very pleased to say that this budget has agreed with the IMF, because this is important for the credibility of this budget. Expenses are markedly higher than they were in 2019. The public sector is not affected. All expenses are maintained, and the number of employees in the public sector. Capital expenditures” increase, he said.
Meanwhile, Minister Bajrami said it is very difficult to do because cases of COVID-19 are increasing day by day.
She said pay spending would be 625m, subsidies 643m, while the revised deficit expected to be 4.2 per cent.
“We are in negotiations with the World Bank so we can access an anti-vicine insurance project - CO VID, and with that we will be among the first countries to take it once this” vaccine is released, Bajrami said.
