{"id":51717,"date":"2023-05-02T16:13:34","date_gmt":"2023-05-02T14:13:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/?p=51717"},"modified":"2023-05-02T16:13:34","modified_gmt":"2023-05-02T14:13:34","slug":"minister-of-finance-measures-for-the-fall-of-euro-are-taken-only-in-emergency","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/minister-of-finance-measures-for-the-fall-of-euro-are-taken-only-in-emergency\/","title":{"rendered":"Minister of Finance: Measures for the fall of euro are taken only in emergency"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The devaluation of the euro to the levels it has fallen, with an exchange rate of 110 lek, has made it difficult for manufacturing and exporting businesses that pay invoices in foreign currency.<\/p>\n<p>Regarding to this concern, the Minister of Finance says that she will hold a conversation with the businesses, but the possibilities of taking measures to strengthen the European currency are very small.<\/p>\n<p>On the other hand, not everyone loses from the strengthening of the lek and the drop of the euro. For example, the public debt has managed to decrease significantly in the first 3 months of 2023.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;In the first quarter, the debt to GDP (Gross domestic product) was 63.27%, from 64.58% that was at the end of 2022. According to the structure, the biggest debt is the external one. The debt is identified and received in euros, the exchange rate of the euro has brought a decrease in the public debt&#8221;, said the minister.<\/p>\n<p>There is a general concern about the fluctuation of the euro, which Albania uses as a means of payment for many transactions, which for some is related to the extended tourist season, and others to the election campaign and informal money in the market.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The devaluation of the euro to the levels it has fallen, with an exchange rate of 110 lek, has made it difficult for manufacturing and exporting businesses that pay invoices in foreign currency. Regarding to this concern, the Minister of Finance says that she will hold a conversation with the businesses, but the possibilities of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":51718,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[153,1803],"tags":[1871,1851,471,1870,1127],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Minister of Finance: Measures for the fall of euro are taken only in emergency - 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\/minister-of-finance-measures-for-the-fall-of-euro-are-taken-only-in-emergency\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Minister of Finance: Measures for the fall of euro are taken only in emergency - Euronews Albania\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The devaluation of the euro to the levels it has fallen, with an exchange rate of 110 lek, has made it difficult for manufacturing and exporting businesses that pay invoices in foreign currency. Regarding to this concern, the Minister of Finance says that she will hold a conversation with the businesses, but the possibilities of [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/minister-of-finance-measures-for-the-fall-of-euro-are-taken-only-in-emergency\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Euronews Albania\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/euronews.al\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2023-05-02T14:13:34+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Delina-Ibrahimaj-1024x625-1.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1024\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"625\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Nen Si\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@euronewsalbania\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@euronewsalbania\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Nen Si\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/minister-of-finance-measures-for-the-fall-of-euro-are-taken-only-in-emergency\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/minister-of-finance-measures-for-the-fall-of-euro-are-taken-only-in-emergency\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Nen Si\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/444d280f35e047949b7f0bc08093608f\"},\"headline\":\"Minister of Finance: Measures for the fall of euro are taken only in emergency\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-05-02T14:13:34+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-05-02T14:13:34+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/minister-of-finance-measures-for-the-fall-of-euro-are-taken-only-in-emergency\/\"},\"wordCount\":212,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/minister-of-finance-measures-for-the-fall-of-euro-are-taken-only-in-emergency\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Delina-Ibrahimaj-1024x625-1.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"devalution\",\"euro\",\"finance\",\"lek\",\"minister\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Albania\",\"Latest news\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/minister-of-finance-measures-for-the-fall-of-euro-are-taken-only-in-emergency\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/minister-of-finance-measures-for-the-fall-of-euro-are-taken-only-in-emergency\/\",\"name\":\"Minister of Finance: Measures for the fall of euro are taken only in emergency - Euronews Albania\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/minister-of-finance-measures-for-the-fall-of-euro-are-taken-only-in-emergency\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/minister-of-finance-measures-for-the-fall-of-euro-are-taken-only-in-emergency\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Delina-Ibrahimaj-1024x625-1.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-05-02T14:13:34+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-05-02T14:13:34+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/minister-of-finance-measures-for-the-fall-of-euro-are-taken-only-in-emergency\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/minister-of-finance-measures-for-the-fall-of-euro-are-taken-only-in-emergency\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/minister-of-finance-measures-for-the-fall-of-euro-are-taken-only-in-emergency\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Delina-Ibrahimaj-1024x625-1.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Delina-Ibrahimaj-1024x625-1.jpg\",\"width\":1024,\"height\":625},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/minister-of-finance-measures-for-the-fall-of-euro-are-taken-only-in-emergency\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Minister of Finance: Measures for the fall of euro are taken only in emergency\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/\",\"name\":\"Euronews Albania\",\"description\":\"Top stories in Albania, Kosovo and the Balkans\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Euronews Albania\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/logo-mobile-euronews-albania-1.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/logo-mobile-euronews-albania-1.png\",\"width\":280,\"height\":33,\"caption\":\"Euronews Albania\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/euronews.al\/\",\"https:\/\/x.com\/euronewsalbania\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/444d280f35e047949b7f0bc08093608f\",\"name\":\"Nen Si\",\"sameAs\":[\"http:\/\/euronews.al\/en\"],\"url\":\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/author\/nensi\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Minister of Finance: Measures for the fall of euro are taken only in emergency - Euronews Albania","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/minister-of-finance-measures-for-the-fall-of-euro-are-taken-only-in-emergency\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Minister of Finance: Measures for the fall of euro are taken only in emergency - Euronews Albania","og_description":"The devaluation of the euro to the levels it has fallen, with an exchange rate of 110 lek, has made it difficult for manufacturing and exporting businesses that pay invoices in foreign currency. Regarding to this concern, the Minister of Finance says that she will hold a conversation with the businesses, but the possibilities of [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/minister-of-finance-measures-for-the-fall-of-euro-are-taken-only-in-emergency\/","og_site_name":"Euronews Albania","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/euronews.al\/","article_published_time":"2023-05-02T14:13:34+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1024,"height":625,"url":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Delina-Ibrahimaj-1024x625-1.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Nen Si","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@euronewsalbania","twitter_site":"@euronewsalbania","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Nen Si","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/minister-of-finance-measures-for-the-fall-of-euro-are-taken-only-in-emergency\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/minister-of-finance-measures-for-the-fall-of-euro-are-taken-only-in-emergency\/"},"author":{"name":"Nen Si","@id":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/444d280f35e047949b7f0bc08093608f"},"headline":"Minister of Finance: Measures for the fall of euro are taken only in emergency","datePublished":"2023-05-02T14:13:34+00:00","dateModified":"2023-05-02T14:13:34+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/minister-of-finance-measures-for-the-fall-of-euro-are-taken-only-in-emergency\/"},"wordCount":212,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/minister-of-finance-measures-for-the-fall-of-euro-are-taken-only-in-emergency\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Delina-Ibrahimaj-1024x625-1.jpg","keywords":["devalution","euro","finance","lek","minister"],"articleSection":["Albania","Latest news"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/minister-of-finance-measures-for-the-fall-of-euro-are-taken-only-in-emergency\/","url":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/minister-of-finance-measures-for-the-fall-of-euro-are-taken-only-in-emergency\/","name":"Minister of Finance: Measures for the fall of euro are taken only in emergency - Euronews Albania","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/minister-of-finance-measures-for-the-fall-of-euro-are-taken-only-in-emergency\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/minister-of-finance-measures-for-the-fall-of-euro-are-taken-only-in-emergency\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Delina-Ibrahimaj-1024x625-1.jpg","datePublished":"2023-05-02T14:13:34+00:00","dateModified":"2023-05-02T14:13:34+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/minister-of-finance-measures-for-the-fall-of-euro-are-taken-only-in-emergency\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/minister-of-finance-measures-for-the-fall-of-euro-are-taken-only-in-emergency\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/minister-of-finance-measures-for-the-fall-of-euro-are-taken-only-in-emergency\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Delina-Ibrahimaj-1024x625-1.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Delina-Ibrahimaj-1024x625-1.jpg","width":1024,"height":625},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/minister-of-finance-measures-for-the-fall-of-euro-are-taken-only-in-emergency\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Minister of Finance: Measures for the fall of euro are taken only in emergency"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/#website","url":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/","name":"Euronews Albania","description":"Top stories in Albania, Kosovo and the Balkans","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/#organization","name":"Euronews Albania","url":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/logo-mobile-euronews-albania-1.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/logo-mobile-euronews-albania-1.png","width":280,"height":33,"caption":"Euronews Albania"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/euronews.al\/","https:\/\/x.com\/euronewsalbania"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/444d280f35e047949b7f0bc08093608f","name":"Nen Si","sameAs":["http:\/\/euronews.al\/en"],"url":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/author\/nensi\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51717"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/23"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=51717"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51717\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/51718"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=51717"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=51717"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=51717"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}