{"id":14018,"date":"2021-05-21T07:49:52","date_gmt":"2021-05-21T07:49:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/?p=14018"},"modified":"2021-05-21T07:54:42","modified_gmt":"2021-05-21T07:54:42","slug":"eu-ambassador-tomas-szunyog-raises-alarm-over-high-workplace-fatalities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/eu-ambassador-tomas-szunyog-raises-alarm-over-high-workplace-fatalities\/","title":{"rendered":"EU Ambassador Tomas Szunyog expressed concern over high workplace fatalities \u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The number of work-related fatalities has reached worrisome figures in Kosovo, a country with a population of less than 2 million.<\/p>\n<p>Kosovo has the highest mortality rate in the region.<\/p>\n<p>According to statistics, the rate is 6.5 deaths per 100.000 workers, while in the EU the ratio is 1.8.<\/p>\n<p>The head of the EU delegation to Kosovo Tomas Szunyog, as well as the leader of the Private Sector Union Jusuf Azemi visited a workshop at the underground parking of the University of Pristina.<\/p>\n<p>Szunyog called for increased workplace security as incidents skyrocketed over the last 3 years.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Over 60 workers died in workplace in Kosovo in 3 years. Visited a construction site &amp; spoke to Head of Private Sector Union <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/JusufAzemi?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#JusufAzemi<\/a> about making work environment in <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Kosovo?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Kosovo<\/a> safe&amp;healthy. All who leave 4 work in the morning must return home safely. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/StrongerTogether?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#StrongerTogether<\/a> EU4Kosovo <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/M7qcwlZR94\">pic.twitter.com\/M7qcwlZR94<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Ambassador Toma\u0301s\u030c Szunyog (@EUAmbKS) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/EUAmbKS\/status\/1395405241596751884?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 20, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\nOn the other hand, Azemi blamed the country\u2019s institutions for not doing enough to guarantee the well-being of the workers.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe scope of our visit is raising awareness in improving workplace security. We\u2019re not doing enough to secure the welfare and guarantee security in the private sector\u201d, he said.<\/p>\n<p>In a report compiled by the Labour Inspectorate, in 2020 there were thirty incidents reported in the construction sector alone.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The number of work-related fatalities has reached worrisome figures in Kosovo, a country with a population of less than 2 million. Kosovo has the highest mortality rate in the region. According to statistics, the rate is 6.5 deaths per 100.000 workers, while in the EU the ratio is 1.8. 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