Energy crisis in region, last Kosovo declared emergency

The head of the Albanian government, Edi Rama, had declared that the decision to declare the emergency situation paves the way for the executive's intended intervention of easier coping with the energy crisis.

The emergency decision is detected by a general situation of the staggering increase in electricity prices in international markets and gives the government the opportunity to intervene, whether by financial instruments or even administrative instruments. So today, with this decision, we also yield to further execution of the special plan to cope with this situation, and the plan will be public tomorrow”, Prime Minister Edi Rama had declared.

Northern Macedonia's Economy Minister Kreshnik Bekteshi had also declared that the emergency situation has been announced to improve the functioning of energy companies there.

The government is currently focused on successfully meeting the challenges posed by the global energy crisis. The state of energy crisis is brought to improve the functioning of energy companies, increase their liquidity and never adopt restrictive measures that would negatively affect the daily lives of citizens”, North Macedonia Economy Minister Kreshnik Bekteshi had declared.

Until countries in the region had declared the state of emergency, no decision had been made by the Kosovo government that would be aimed at preventing the crisis in which the country is present.

The decision to declare the emergency situation is taken to today on December 29th, after the Parliament of the Republic of Kosovo has approved the Government's decision on December 24th for emergency situations that will last 60 days.

The announcement of the state of emergency power supply has come as a result of increased electricity prices in the market and strong consumer growth during the winter season.

The heavy load has also caused big problems on the grid, until after B Block's fall in the country, electricity reductions have also been restored, since the KDS was said to last only two hours, until in many countries the reductions have lasted much longer.

The crisis that has engulfed Kosovo and the return of reductions after more than a decade has made the country news even in the world's largest media, while protests have been organised before the Government, requiring the dismissal of Minister Rizvanolli.

In order to alleviate the crisis, the Kosovo government has allocated 20m euros to the KED company, since the latter had affected the end in terms of financial conditions as a result of imports of electricity at very high prices and sales in Kosovo at much lower prices.

Prime Minister Kurti, when asked about the crisis in which the country has been introduced in terms of electricity supply, argued that Kosovo couldn't buy the electricity earlier, since according to Prime Minister Kurti “rm can be stored in the 8x1> refrigerator.

In terms of the Kosovo Government's delay in the move company, there have been numerous reactions from both the opposition and civil society.