“Buka 80 cents” Businesses start to raise prices as a result of electricity expensive

The owner of a bakery in Peja, Sade Shatri, says that some of the bread ovens in this municipality have only started selling bread for 80 cents.

The righteous person will be affected by the price of the current, as the current and the flour that will be expensive. After one May the price of bread in Pec will be 80 cents.”, said Sade Shatri, owner of a bakery.

Citizens say that expensive electricity and other chain expensives are making their lives difficult. It's going to take a citizen response, because it's not okay, an 80-cent bread. ”, said a citizen.

It's going to be unaffordable, but we haven't been handed over when you've received”, another citizen said. Contrary to ZRE's decision, the civic initiative “has organised 3 protests within a month, but without any effect changing that decision. This initiative has said it will not stop their protests. While they have also warned indictments against that decision.

On the other hand, economics professor Muhamet Mustafa has argued businesses that applied to expensive products before the decision to expensive the electricity goes into effect.

It's normal for businesses to anticipate the costing of electricity so they can handle it more easily when the decision went into effect. They are ahead of two solutions either to fire workers or to expensive prices”, Mustafa said.

Economic recognitions say Kosovo has entered the new wave of inflation since March of this year. Situations that confirm the Statistics Agency's data.

“According to the Agency, the largest price increase was marked, tea coffee for 17.1%, vegetables for 8.7%, meat for 8.3%, milk products for 7.1%, trees for 6.1%, while bread and cereals were expensive for 2.1%. The overall harmonised consumer prices index is higher at an average of 2.9% in March 2025, compared to March 2024.

” Minister of Finance Iron Murati said Kosovo in 2025 has the fastest economic growth in Europe. The increase Kosovo is expected to have has confirmed even the World Bank and the monetary fund. But, business Alliance Chairman Agim Sahini says this increase is coming because of high inflation that citizens are facing.
This same economic growth comes without and behind the government nothing, it's being done thanks to their private income sector and new jobs so consumption, but this is not happening because the government has taken any measures”, Sahin said.

Economic growth for 2025, according to the World Bank, is expected to be around 3.9% growth similar to that of 2024.