Prime Minister of Kosovo, Isa Mustafa, has not replied to the request of trade unions’ representatives for a meeting to discuss the issue of pay raise for the civil servants. The head of Kosovo Healthcare Trade Unions, Blerim Syla, said that if the Prime Minister refuses to see them, a strike will be the unavoidable scenario. “We do not want strikes, but our unionist actions have to protect the workers”, he said.
Former Prime Minister, Hashim Thaci, while in office, had promised a 25 percent pay raise but his successor, Isa Mustafa, and Finance Minister, Avdullah Hoti, claim the raise is impossible because of high budgetary implications.
