Unemployment

Salaries in the private sector experience a minimal increase

In the last six years, the average net salary in Kosovo’s private sector has increased by only 31 euros, or less than 5 euros a year, while in the public sector average salaries have gone up by over 40 per cent.

Life in Drenica is not like in the jokes

Despite Drenica’s reputation for receiving specialist treatment due to it being the birthplace of several of Kosovo’s leaders over the past decade, many of its residents still live in difficult conditions and look to emigration to escape poverty and unemployment.

Kosovo youth debate their future in the labor market

The gap between the needs of the economy and the skills of Kosovo’s youth is getting bigger, and the government needs to step up, said participants in BIRN’s televised #debatpernime, ‘debate for real,’ airing on RTK at 20:15 this Thursday.

Debaters call for support to young entrepreneurs

In the latest #debatepernime, ‘debate for real’ series, entrepreneurs, tech experts, politicians and business owners in Kosovo discussed unemployment in Kosovo and seeking strategies to improve the labor market for young Kosovars.

World Bank numbers on unemployment ‘do not stand,’ says PM

Kosovo Prime Minister Ramush Haradinaj denounced the statistics published by the World Bank on Tuesday, that concluded that the employment rate in Kosovo has fallen in the last twelve months.