Gerjali: What you bought last year for 100 euros, this year you paid it at 140.

The country's economy recogniser, Safet Gerjaliu, has spoken about increasing inflation above 6%, where he said the lack of political stability and developments in the Middle East have affected prices to suffer and increases.

Kosovo's “from year to year is in crisis and carrying crises without being chosen in this direction the effects of lack of political stability over the years have given its negative results in economic terms, today Kosovo is an imported state, in 2025 we have had a record import of over 7 billion euros, we have reduced exports of products in Kosovaão, we have little investment from abroad, and this is definitely reflecting on rising inflation, a inflation that in 2026 has reached a high scale of over 6% <6%>

Gerjaliu points out that price hikes have also made it difficult for citizens to live.

It is true that inflation is hitting not only the economy in general, but in particular the purchasing power of the citizens of Kosovo, what you bought last year at 100 euros this year pays at 140 euros, and that's really a disturbing point that every day by making a poor citizen. We have little care for the economy and for the social aspect, is a circumstance which is really making it difficult for the standard of living and I believe that it's time to think more, that we have a genuine public-private dialogue, that we have a support for the private sector in particular production and gradually to cut the dependence on import because we're really dependent or we're turning into a state or a 100% import-based society<1>, Gerliou said.

Economist Gerjaliu has claimed that the middle class has disappeared and Kosovo has become a poor state.

You have more than 30,000 citizens living in poverty, we have a large portion of the citizens close to 51% of them not willing to afford any deviation or any price increases for 200 euros within a month, and when you consider the next fact that the majority of Kosovo citizens are on loans directly, we have overdraft withdrawals, and all of this goes to consumption, it was that the actual situation is quite disturbing<1>, he said.

Economic recommendations in this context are also a problem to provide.

The “will be a very disturbing one to give recommendations in this political amulet, which has filled Kosovo with even the most developed countries of Europe, cannot have this luxury that within a calendar year or a half a calendar year they have 4 or 5 sets of elections, have measures or sanctions from the European Union, not be worked in terms of diplomacy to improve its image, in this direction I believe the first thing to happen is political stability, the second real dialogue of the public sector, and the private sector is assessed as a partner, and not something to punish it, but not to add to it.

Kosovo's Statistics Agency through an announcement has informed that inflation has increased by 6%, while products that have suffered growth are solid fuels such as wood and diaper (16.8%), trees (16.4%), maintenance and repair of personal transport equipment (15.1%), and meat (14.7%). Conspiracy has also suffered organised holidays (13.2%), ambulance services (9.6%), hotel services (9.5%), coffee, tea and cocoa (9.3%), as well as several other food and service categories. /EconomiaOnline