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How are salaries in municipal assemblies in Kosovo regulated under the Law on Salaries (2023)? 📖bit.ly/3NYepi7 📖bit.ly/4s8uAHN 🤝@KCSFoundationprogram ‘EJA Kosovo’, co-financed by SDC &Sweden.

📊 Higher salaries ≠ better performance? Findings show that increased remuneration has not led to sustained improvements in municipal assembly performance. 📖bit.ly/3NYepi7 📖bit.ly/4s8uAHN @KCSFoundationprogram ‘EJA Kosovo’, co-financed by SDC &Sweden.

📊 Kosovo leads the region with 32 points on public participation in the budget process #OBS2025, mainly due to municipal hearings. At central level and in the Assembly, citizen and CSO participation is still lacking. 📌 bit.ly/4v0z5qo @OpenBudgets @EU_Commission

📊 Budget Transparency in Kosovo #OBS2025 Kosovo scored 57/100, above the regional average (52). Main challenges: 🔸 Delays in publishing the Citizens Budget 🔸 No Mid-Year Budget Review published 📌 Full results: bit.ly/4v0z5qo @OpenBudgets 🤝@EU_Commission

Results of the #OBS2025 for the Western Balkans & Türkiye by @OpenBudgets 🔎 Kosovo results (out of 100): • Transparency: 57 • Public participation: 32 • Oversight: 61 Full results 👉bit.ly/4sFo6kO #OpenBudgets #Transparency #Kosovo Supported by @EU_Commission

📊Despite frequent campaign promises by many municipal mayors to increase women’s role in decision-making, data shows that women remain underrepresented in senior municipal leadership. 🤝@KCSFoundationprogram ‘EJA Kosovo’, co-financed by SDC dhe Sweden.

🚨 NEW REPORT: #OBS2025 results for the Western Balkans & Türkiye are now live. Governments in the region are moving forward on transparency — but accountability has not kept pace. Read the full findings: internationalbudget.org/open-budget-su… This project is supported by the @EU_Commission

In 2025, foreign direct investment in Kosovo reached over €1 billion, increasing by €238.2 million, or 30%, compared to 2024. 💭Which countries contributed the most to these investments? 🏢Which sector receives the largest share of foreign direct investment?

📈During 2025, remittances in Kosovo reached 1.4 billion euros, marking an increase of 59 million euros (+4%) compared to 2024.

📊Kosovo’s overall trade balance in goods and services remains negative at approximately €3.8 billion, marking a deterioration of about 8.6% compared to 2024. 📉 This reflects a faster increase in the value of goods imports relative to the growth in services exports.

Kosovo’s ICT sector has generated over €1 billion in exports in just the past three years. 💶📈

In 2025, Kosovo’s service exports were dominated by: ✈️ Travel services - €2.8B (+16%) 💻 ICT services – €398.2M (+14%) 📊 Other business services - €272.5M (+4%) 🚚 Transport services – €191.3M (+30%)

📊 2025: Kosovo exported €3.9bn in services and imported €1.7bn, resulting in a positive trade balance of €2.2bn. For every €1 exported, only €0.44 was imported—one of the strongest ratios in the region.

🔹 Buxheti për vitin 2026 pritet të arrijë rreth 4 miliardë euro, me një rritje prej 10% krahasuar me vitin 2025. 📌 Raporti dhe komunikata e plotë: 👉:bit.ly/4rSrgAK

Strengthening the capacities of municipalities for diaspora engagement in Kosovo 🇽🇰 Together with GIZ, we organized a discussion and presented the report on enhancing municipal capacities for effective diaspora engagement. 🤝 📖bit.ly/3MrdJ4f 📖bit.ly/46NFxXl

📊 Revised CBK data show bank overdrafts reached €655M at end-2025 (+11.4% vs. 2024)

Who is affected by the minimum wage increase in 2026?” 📊💶🇽🇰 🔸Over 130,000 full-time workers will benefit 🔸 More than €85 mill. in additional costs for businesses. Read👉 bit.ly/3NTSUyB 👉bit.ly/49Wg2Ux

The value of new loans issued by banks during 2025 reached €2.684 billion, representing an increase of 3.8% 📈compared to 2024. A similar increase was also recorded in the effective interest rate on these new loans, from 6.1% to 6.4%. 💳📊

Premtimet e kryetarëve të komunave të Kosovës për mandatin e ri qeverisës 2025 – 2029. 🌐Platformën e premtimeve mund ta gjeni: 👉bit.ly/4jUScNx Komunikatën për media👉bit.ly/4r8InOt 🤝@KCSFoundationprogram ‘EJA Kosovë’, bashkëfinancuar nga SDC dhe Suedia.

📊Kosovo has a high import dependence, ranking among Europe’s most unfavorable import–export ratios. 📉The trade deficit has grown sharply since 2020, reflecting limited domestic production and high reliance on foreign goods, making the economy more vulnerable to external shocks.