{"id":79084,"date":"2025-06-05T19:10:03","date_gmt":"2025-06-05T17:10:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/?p=79084"},"modified":"2025-06-05T20:49:43","modified_gmt":"2025-06-05T18:49:43","slug":"kurti-maternity-benefits-increased-from-e170-to-e325-starting-this-month","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/kurti-maternity-benefits-increased-from-e170-to-e325-starting-this-month\/","title":{"rendered":"Kurti: Maternity benefits increased from \u20ac170 to \u20ac325 starting this month"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Despite being in a caretaker role, Albin Kurti\u2019s government continues to make decisions. On Thursday, Prime Minister Kurti himself announced several new measures, which he described as good news from good governance. One of them is the increase in financial assistance for unemployed new mothers.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cToday, in the 261st meeting of the Government, we will approve the increase of monthly maternity benefits from \u20ac170 to \u20ac325.9, which corresponds to the new net minimum wage. So, starting this month, all new mothers will receive \u20ac325.9 per month. This marks a 91.7% increase, nearly doubling the previous amount. Over six (6) months, the increased support amounts to \u20ac1,955.4. When you add the monthly child allowance of at least \u20ac20, or \u20ac120 over six months, the total support for each new mother amounts to \u20ac2,075.4,\u201d said Prime Minister Kurti.<\/p>\n<p>This decision also affects employed mothers.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn addition, today we will approve the new reference average salary, which is used to calculate the government\u2019s contribution of 50% of the average salary for three (3) months \u2013 this is the government\u2019s obligation for every employed mother. In addition to the 70% salary paid for six months by the employer, employed mothers will now receive government support for the remaining three months in the amount of \u20ac319.5 \u2013 which is 50% of the average salary. Compared to the current level of \u20ac223, this new support represents an increase of 43.3%,\u201d Kurti added.<\/p>\n<p>As a third positive development, Kurti also announced a second salary increase for civil servants of \u20ac55, starting in July. 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