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Emergency measures were lifted Thursday evening, less than two days after the municipality introduced a ban on personal vehicular traffic in the city center to combat air pollution.
Prishtina will adopt an emergency ban on cars and coal to address ‘hazardous’ levels of air pollution.
Minister of Environment Albena Reshitaj and Minister of Economy Valdrin Lluka promised to tackle Kosovo’s air pollution problem at a panel hosted by Jeta ne Kosove.
Beyond winter’s staggering pollution peaks, there is another crucial data point we should focus on: the 2016 air quality average, which reveals a significant threat to public health in Prishtina.
With air marked as ‘hazardous’ throughout the whole weekend, US Embassy data show that the air quality was at its worst since measurement began in March.
