{"id":34244,"date":"2022-04-13T12:14:02","date_gmt":"2022-04-13T10:14:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/?p=34244"},"modified":"2022-04-13T12:14:19","modified_gmt":"2022-04-13T10:14:19","slug":"kosovo-approves-draft-bill-bringing-minimum-wage-to-e250-euros","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/kosovo-approves-draft-bill-bringing-minimum-wage-to-e250-euros\/","title":{"rendered":"Kosovo approves draft bill bringing minimum wage to \u20ac250 euros"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Kosovo\u2019s government has paved the way for the increase of the country&#8217;s national minimum wage to \u20ac250 euros.<\/p>\n<p>This was achieved earlier today through the approval of a draft bill that prescribes all the different procedures required to determine the national minimum wage, reports Kosova Press.<\/p>\n<p>During his press statement, PM Albin Kurti said that around 100 thousand employees will be benefiting from this decision. In addition, he confirmed that income tax for this particular group will also be amended.<\/p>\n<p>The minister of finances, Hekuran Murati also announced that moving forward, the minimum wage will be changed depending on the country&#8217;s economic growth.<\/p>\n<p>In addition, inflation in Kosovo has now reached 10% as of March 2022.<\/p>\n<p>According to a report by ASK, the rise in inflation can be explained by the rise in consumer prices for goods and services due to the global crisis and the war in Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p><strong>YOU MIGHT ALSO LIKE<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/kosovo\/2022\/04\/13\/inflation-in-kosovo-has-reached-10\/\"><strong>Inflation in Kosovo has reached 10 %<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"title-post\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/kosovo\/2022\/03\/24\/the-reason-why-madeleine-albright-was-so-dear-to-kosovo-albanians\/\">The reason why Madeleine Albright was so dear to Kosovo Albanians<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li class=\"title-post\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/kosovo\/2022\/03\/24\/president-osmani-sets-friday-as-national-day-of-mourning-to-honor-albright\/\">President Osmani sets Friday as National Day of Mourning to honor Albright<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kosovo\u2019s government has paved the way for the increase of the country&#8217;s national minimum wage to \u20ac250 euros. This was achieved earlier today through the approval of a draft bill that prescribes all the different procedures required to determine the national minimum wage, reports Kosova Press. During his press statement, PM Albin Kurti said that [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":34247,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[151],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Kosovo approves draft bill bringing minimum wage to \u20ac250 euros - Euronews Albania<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/kosovo-approves-draft-bill-bringing-minimum-wage-to-e250-euros\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Kosovo approves draft bill bringing minimum wage to \u20ac250 euros - Euronews Albania\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Kosovo\u2019s government has paved the way for the increase of the country&#8217;s national minimum wage to \u20ac250 euros. 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