{"id":31990,"date":"2022-02-22T10:41:16","date_gmt":"2022-02-22T09:41:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/?p=31990"},"modified":"2022-02-22T10:42:13","modified_gmt":"2022-02-22T09:42:13","slug":"albanian-expats-show-receipts-oil-prices-in-albania-twice-as-high-as-in-the-us","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/albanian-expats-show-receipts-oil-prices-in-albania-twice-as-high-as-in-the-us\/","title":{"rendered":"Oil prices in Albania, twice as high as in the U.S."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>To draw a comparison between oil prices in Albania and other countries around the world, we looked to our followers for some insight.<\/p>\n<p>Albanians living abroad reached out to Euronews Albania by sending us snippets of gas stations and fuel stops that showed some interesting facts.<\/p>\n<p>Once again, we came to the conclusion that the price of oil in our country is much higher than many other countries in Europe and the US, despite the fact that our average wage and cost of living is much lower.c<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHello, from the Czech Republic, where the price of oil is 1.5 euros per liter,\u201d \u2013 said one of the Albanian citizens living abroad.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHello from France, our oil price here is 1.78 euros,\u201d \u2013 said another citizen.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHello from Germany, where we pay 1.65 euros for our oil,\u201d \u2013 said another Albanian citizen.<\/p>\n<p>Compared to the price of oil in the United States, in Albania we have to pay twice as much, at a time when the average wage in Albania is 8.7 times lower than that in the US.<\/p>\n<p><strong>YOU MIGHT ALSO LIKE<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"title-post\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/albania\/2022\/02\/02\/oil-prices-in-albania-are-now-the-same-as-in-switzerland\/\">Oil prices in Albania are now the same as in Switzerland<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li class=\"title-post\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/albania\/2022\/02\/02\/government-vows-to-pay-oil-workers-a-minimum-wage-for-3-years\/\">Government vows to pay oil workers a minimum wage for 3 years<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li class=\"title-post\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/albania\/2021\/12\/10\/prices-hit-10-year-high-oil-and-food-items-hit-the-hardest\/\">Prices hit 10-year high in Albania \u2013 oil and food items hit the hardest<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>To draw a comparison between oil prices in Albania and other countries around the world, we looked to our followers for some insight. 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