Citizens most satisfied with the work of Osman, Kurti in second place

This report, this time as a result of pandemic, has been carried out through telephone interviews with 1306 citizens.

In the report, Kosovo Assembly Speaker Vjosa Osmani, where the level of citizens' responsibility with her work is 72.4%, followed by incumbent Prime Minister Albin Kurti with 65.4%

Below we bring you the report published by the UNDP:

Following are some of the key findings from the latest Public Pulse summary:

The levels of satisfaction with the work of key executive and legislative institutions in Kosovo are the highest recorded by public Pulse polls since 2010. The satisfaction registered with the executive work is 60.7%, which represents an increase of 46.3 percentage points from the November 2019 poll when it was 14.4%.

The level of satisfaction registered with the prime minister's work is 65.4%, while with the work of Kosovo's Parliament Speaker has reached a record 72.4% against 20.7% and 20.5% registered in November 2019 and May 2019.

Despite increasing levels of satisfaction with key institutions, there is an increase in discontent with Kosovo's political direction. More than half of respondents (62.8%) are unhappy or very disappointed with Kosovo's current political direction.

Opinion polls have registered an increase in the (ID) Democratic Index, which is currently 1.53, representing the highest rate registered by public Pulse since 2010.

One could note a decline in the Economic Stability Index (IBE), which has dropped from 1.05 to 0.98, suggesting that more than two-thirds of Kosovars are concerned with economic developments in Kosovo

The perceptions concerning the biggest problems facing Kosovo continue to be the same: for 37.2% of respondents, unemployment, followed by corruption (23.5%) and poverty (15.3%).

Like other polls in the past, the findings show that most respondents (52.7%) have formed their perceptions of the widespread presence of corruption by the media.

This survey highlights the sense of empowering citizens in the face of politics in Kosovo. In question whether their vote could change the situation in Kosovo, a very large number of respondents (46.7%) said their vote could bring about changes. The findings also show that 70.2% of respondents would vote for a certain political party or a coalition if the central elections were held in the near future.

PP 18 respondents were also asked about their knowledge of their right to live in a healthy and clean environment. A total of 19.5% said they know much about this topic, 36.8% claimed they have average knowledge, while 36.9% of respondents said few know about this topic.

41% of respondents said they have reduced spending, while 15.3% borrowed money and 14.1% continued to work to cope with the pandemic crisis.

Declassified data according to ethnic affiliation shows that COVID-19 has negatively affected the economic welfare of all ethnic communities: 65.7% of Albanians and Serbs and 74.5% of members of other Kosovo communities reported the negative impact of COVID-19 on their economic well-being.

The majority of respondents from all ethnic communities reported the negative impact of COVID-19 on their mental health: 59.2% of Kosovo Albanians, 65.2% of Kosovo Serbs and 64.5% of members of other Kosovo communities.

Most respondents (78.8%) were declared satisfied with the public institutions' response to the crisis caused by the outbreak of COVID-19.