{"id":81595,"date":"2025-11-23T20:35:05","date_gmt":"2025-11-23T19:35:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/?p=81595"},"modified":"2025-11-23T20:55:54","modified_gmt":"2025-11-23T19:55:54","slug":"budget-blockage-halts-public-transport-no-public-transport-in-prishtina-starting-monday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/budget-blockage-halts-public-transport-no-public-transport-in-prishtina-starting-monday\/","title":{"rendered":"Budget blockage halts public transport: No public transport in Prishtina starting Monday"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Citizens of Prishtina will be left without public or private transport as of Monday, November 24, due to the budget blockage by the Ministry of Finance. This was confirmed on Sunday by the Mayor of Prishtina, P\u00ebrparim Rama, during a press conference.<\/p>\n<p>Rama stated that the budget has been blocked for political reasons, saying that vital services of the capital are on the verge of being shut down.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor over a year, continuously and fully in accordance with legal procedures, we have requested the allocation of the budget that belongs to the capital. Not a single request has been addressed; the budget has been blocked for primarily political reasons.<\/p>\n<p>35 million euros \u2014 of which 25 million are the municipality\u2019s own revenues and 10 million are government grants \u2014 have been blocked by the Ministry of Finance in violation of the law and the Constitution,\u201d Rama said.<\/p>\n<p>He added that they have also received further warnings from public companies that have not received payments for months. According to Rama, citizens are being put at risk due to electoral interests.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI have just concluded a meeting with representatives of urban transport and the association of private sector transporters, who informed me, unfortunately, that starting tomorrow public transport in the capital will come to a halt. We have received similar warnings from other companies that have not been paid for months, jeopardizing essential services for citizens.<\/p>\n<p>With regret, I say that I did not believe the people of this country would be put at risk for electoral interests. The capital\u2019s budget was used as a tool in the local elections \u2014 you know they have concluded \u2014 and citizens voted for development, not for obstruction,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>Rama further stated that the urban transport services have gone unpaid for many months and that the situation has reached the point of service shutdown for citizens. He called on all state institutions and the acting Ministry of Finance to act professionally and in accordance with the law.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Citizens of Prishtina will be left without public or private transport as of Monday, November 24, due to the budget blockage by the Ministry of Finance. This was confirmed on Sunday by the Mayor of Prishtina, P\u00ebrparim Rama, during a press conference. 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