{"id":80025,"date":"2025-09-01T18:50:07","date_gmt":"2025-09-01T16:50:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/?p=80025"},"modified":"2025-09-01T17:51:05","modified_gmt":"2025-09-01T15:51:05","slug":"albania-records-lowest-level-of-economic-assistance-in-the-region-funds-cut-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/albania-records-lowest-level-of-economic-assistance-in-the-region-funds-cut-again\/","title":{"rendered":"Albania Records Lowest Level of Economic Assistance in the Region, Funds Cut Again"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"194\" data-end=\"332\">Albania has further reduced its economic assistance budget for vulnerable families, reaching the lowest level in the past six years.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"334\" data-end=\"596\">In the first half of 2025, only 12.9 billion lek\u00eb were allocated for poor families\u2014representing a 5% decline compared to 2024. This marks a continued drop from the 2020 peak, when support reached 14.5 billion lek\u00eb at the height of the pandemic.<\/p>\n<ul data-start=\"598\" data-end=\"818\">\n<li data-start=\"598\" data-end=\"651\">\n<p data-start=\"600\" data-end=\"651\">In 2021, funds fell to 13.9 billion lek\u00eb.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"652\" data-end=\"715\">\n<p data-start=\"654\" data-end=\"715\">In 2022, they dropped further to 13.5 billion lek\u00eb.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"716\" data-end=\"818\">\n<p data-start=\"718\" data-end=\"818\">Since then, reductions have continued, even as inflation and living costs have risen steadily.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p data-start=\"820\" data-end=\"953\">Experts warn that these cuts deepen inequality and make it harder for families to maintain even a basic standard of living.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"955\" data-end=\"1155\">According to regional comparisons, Albania now ranks among the lowest in the Balkans for social protection spending, with the average monthly assistance per family amounting to just \u20ac70.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1157\" data-end=\"1338\">The shrinking budget highlights the growing gap between state support and the real needs of low-income households, raising concerns about poverty reduction efforts in the country.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Albania has further reduced its economic assistance budget for vulnerable families, reaching the lowest level in the past six years. 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