Citizens Concerned About Daily Price Growth

Mursel Hoti, a citizen, says there should not be much panic about this, as he says there should be no losing hope.

We're dealing with them. We're used to suffering earlier. Now people are thinking more about what they'll do, how they'll do. Prices are growing gradually, but incomes are also increasing as well as salaries and pensions. There should not be too much panic for people who fear how they will do it. People who spend too much are used to spending too much, and no matter how much the wages are raised, he spends. We're going to get out, we don't have to lose hope to man”, he said.

While Kamer Gashi says price hikes are due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine and that these problems are facing other European countries as well.

The important thing is that in Kosovo it is not high food prices. Well, Lukes, we can get out of here somehow, and we can get out of here, it's not a problem, it would have been even better because we'd be out on bicycles. But food should not move because of small income. I live out for myself, I'm on vacation right now. I've been here for three days, I don't mind, but the problem is if food prices go up. We're a people who are suffering, we haven't been out of the war in the past. If we don't use electricity, use wood and make solutions, but it's not okay, because we're the biggest producers of electricity, we can sell coal and buy electricity. Even in Europe, prices have moved, not only is there a problem here and Germany's the most energy because war has affected much. Prices that are in stores have no great difference”, he said.

Other citizen Selvie Marovic says low employment rates are affecting their economic situation, and all of this is making it even harder to raise food prices.

We're facing them, but what to do that someone can't afford. No employment, that's bad. I've been in Germany for 15 years, we've been back, there's no employment here, we're staying at home. The children are caring, I have kids out of the country we're sick, five operations I have”, she said.

And citizen Haki Marovic says that with a pension, he cannot afford to support his family unless he is helping his family from the diaspora.

You can't live with a pension, but the diaspora is helping us. With this pension, we don't even care about drugs, the prices are rising. Conditions are good, but someone who doesn't have conditions, I can handle it. The tree is expensive, the cube has become 80 euros”, he said.

While Adem Uka, says high prices are affecting the citizens' pocket, until he added that he should manage the budget to overcome the situation.

High prices make citizens' lives difficult, but I don't know how reasonable they are because some are getting up, some are falling. The three euro oil has dropped to 2.30-2.40 cents. But for many articles there is no hope that they will be released and still charge the budget of every family in Kosovo except for some who have what they can pay for and do not understand the value of money. Of course it affects negatively, but I think it's out of time. Yeah, whatever. I don't know, I don't have any evidence, but a man can spend less on average. It's okay if you can manage the budget and exceed the” crisis, he said.

Otherwise, the expensive consumer prices were 0.2 per cent higher in August compared to the previous month, according to the Kosovo Statistics Agency (ASK).

Consumer prices have been raised in solid fuels, firewood, diapers (6.3%); milk, cheese and eggs (3.6%); goods and services for normal home economy maintenance (2.3%); meat (1.7%); bread and cereal (0.6%). And there were fuels and lubricants in personal transport equipment (6.1%).

Price inflation in August 2022 was 13 percent higher compared to the same month 2021 because of rising consumption prices of oils and food fats (52.1%); solid fuel, firewood, diapers, etc. (48.6%); bread and cereal (32.4%); fuel and lubricant for personal transport equipment (32.0%); milk, cheese and eggs (26.2%); gas (26.1%); meat (22.5%); sugar, jam, honey, chocolate and candy (19.7%); transportation service (17.9%); coffee, tea and cocoa (17.6%); various food products, sauce, spices, salt, food for children and so on. (15.7%); hotel service (14.9%).

Foods and services for regular maintenance of the domestic economy marked promotions (14.3%); maintenance and regulation of the residence (12.2%); household and garden equipment (11.3%); personal care (8.9%); organised holidays (7.9%); mineral water, non-alcohol drinks, tree and vegetable fluids (7.3%); and other recreative equipment, gardens and berries (6.6%); spare parts and additional equipment for personal transport equipment (6.2%); personal household equipment (5.9%; car purchases (5.3%); tobacco (53%.); drug products (52%); and glass products; glass; and furniture and furniture; and carpeting (s).