6 hours agoHigher consumer prices compared to last year
Periskopi(a year ago)
(a year ago)Three percent are higher this year, compared to the same period last year. These statistics have recently published the Kosovo Statistics Agency. But, despite official figures, citizens consider prices to be becoming unaffordable. Across the streets of the city of Pristina, citizens leave the market with [...]
Across the streets of the town of Pristina, citizens leave the market in half-filled bags. Not because shelves are empty, but because their budgets do not meet the burden of rising prices.
The surveyed citizens say that continued increase in the cost of living is affecting everything, but rather basic foods, follow Periscope.
“Prices are very, very expensive. We don't have enough money in our wallets, and we can't even buy it as much as we need it, because we don't have budgets and we don't have income. ”
“Prices are not right. Every day changes. I'm wondering how this people are living”, says Arsim Canol, citizen.
They're expensive, especially food. Other things are not so expensive, but food is very expensive. That's why there are problems in the population, because all the money is being spent on food”, says Muhamet Demiri, citizen.
From ordinary citizens to organizations that protect consumer rights, concern is shared.
All prices in the Republic of Kosovo are intense, excessive and often manipulative. They have speculating forms, and this affects local production as well. Due to the effort to pursue rising prices, local production loses its step in the economic race. So we continue to have 90 percent of imports and only 10 percent local production. It should be opposite”, said Ceatin Kachanic of the association “Consumer”.
According to him, no government has so far placed the consumer citizen in the center of public policy.
No party has taken this matter seriously. The first thing the current government has to do is recognize the consumer citizen. The second, to create a functional and third market, to ensure law enforcement from one level to 40 freezing to +100. These are the three main tasks, if there is will and ability to realise”, Kachanik added.
Meanwhile, the latest data from the Kosovo Statistics Agency shows that consumer prices in Kosovo rose 3 per cent in April 2025, compared to April last year.
According to the AKS, the biggest increases are noted in coffee, tea, oils, meat, electricity, as well as milk products and eggs. Compared to March, prices have increased by 0.2 percent. Meanwhile, fuel prices have marked reductions. / RTK
