11 minutes agoUnemployment rates in Kosovo have dropped by 21 per cent since declaring independence
Periskopi(5 years ago)
(5 years ago)Unemployment in Kosovo is one of the main challenges even after 13 years of independence, yet Kosovo has noted great progress in reducing the unemployment rate for this period of time. According to Kosovo Statistics Agency data, in 2008 when Kosovo declared independence, the unemployment rate has been 45 for [...]
According to data from the Kosovo Statistics Agency, in 2008 when Kosovo declared independence, the unemployment rate has been 45 percent, while this figure has declined over the years.
In 2012 in Kosovo, unemployment rates had dropped to 30.9 percent, and in 2013 to 30 percent.
Unemployment growth Kosovo experienced in 2014 when it went to 35.3 percent to continue its decline in 2015 to 32.9 percent and then to 27.5 percent, Metro writes.
In 2017, the unemployment rate again rose to 30.5 percent, to return to 29,6 percent in 2018 and to 25.7 percent in 2019.
The lowest unemployment rate Kosovo experienced in the following year, when 24.6 percent of the population were registered as unemployed, while it is still not known what the 2021 report will be as a year of the COVID-19 health crisis that reflected even in the economic crisis that was translated into job losses.
It is reported that from the beginning of the pandemic in Kosovo, about 60 thousand citizens have lost their jobs, while the negative trend is still continuing.
Today, with the motto <x0).>Workers and Anti-pressure”, have marched dozens of citizens to Square “Zahir Pajaziti” to express their dissatisfaction with the treatment of workers in Kosovo.
The deputy head of the Kosovo Energy Corporation, Nedzat Llumnica, ahead of protesters said Kosovo is one of the poorest states in the region, as well as private sector workers are the most oppressed.
“It is known that Kosovo is among the most violated states while participating in small protests. Workers are overpressed, so they do not protest. Do not give up unjust work”, it was said away.
Our next request is to recognize years of work in the 1990s. All those who worked in those years should be known for this right to work. And I beg the new government to start with this procedure soon. We have a collective contract that hasn't been approved since 2018, we demand that this contract be renewed. The implementation of the labour law, I believe employers have not read the labour law, since this law is being violated”, Llumnica said, among other things.
