At a rally last week in the western town of Gjakova, where the jobless rate nears 60 per cent, Prime Minister Hashim Thaci, leader of the ruling PDK, said the city would become so developed if it voted PDK on June that it would look like Germany.

Like most parties campaigning in the election, the Democratic Party of Kosovo, PDK, is trying to gain votes by focusing on the economy and creating jobs.

And like most parties, isn’t clear how its ambitious pledges will be achieved.

With slogans like PDK’s “New Mission", the AAK’s “New Direction", the LDK’s “The Turn", and Vetevendosje’s "Are you tired?", their slogans aren’t the only aspect of their campaigns lacking creativity.

Most of their goals overlap as well.

According to the PDK’s campaign, the ruling party will create 200,000 jobs in Kosovo in only four years and double the amount of employees in small and local businesses, which Thaci is convinced will lead to a “boom economy”.

However, Thaci’s past pledges in the employment sector weren’t met.

In March, Thaci increased salaries for public sector workers. According to economists, if the government does not lower public spending, the money to pay for the hikes will have to come from taxes and fines. In fact, since the salaries went up, fines and taxes have risen sharply.

The Alliance for the Future of Kosovo, AAK, also maintains it can deliver 200,000 jobs, and increase the average salary to 1,000 euro, which is 750 euro more than today’s average salary.

The Democratic League of Kosovo, LDK, is joining the trend, promising a mere 120,000 new jobs.

Such goals are simply not realistic, according to economist Musa Limani. “Kosovo’s economy, including the private sector, which is dominant, does not have the capability to create 200,000 jobs," Limani said.

"So far, about 6,000 to 10,000 individuals have been hired each year, so how they are going to make 50,000 new jobs in a year?” Limani asked.

“All of the parties are prioritizing the economy, but they don’t have a programme, strategy or vision,” he added.

Kosovo currently has an unemployment rate of 45 per cent according to the 2011 census, while only 10 per cent of the nation's youth is working.

Along with creating jobs, the AAK promises to deliver “Absolute equality above the law” and “Zero corruption immediately.” On a scale ranging from 0- very corrupt to 100 - clean, Kosovo received a score of 33 according to one study.

After visas were been lifted for most Balkan countries. Kosovo is now the only country in the Western Balkans whose nationals may not travel to Europe without visas.

While the Prishtina authorities have met the requirements for visa liberalization, talks on lifting visas are at a standstill.

The AAK, however, is promising visa liberalization within one year.

According to Tanja Fajon, former European Parliament rapporteur for visa liberalization, it is not clear when Kosovars will be allowed to travel freely to Europe owing to the high number of asylum seekers from Kosovo in the West. There were around 17,000 applications in 2013.

The PDK and LDK also plan to invest in a modernized railway, connecting towns and cities in Kosovo.

The LDK wants to build a railway linking Kosovo and Albania, and maintains that trade will rise via the new railway line.

However, reports show that Kosovo's economy has not benefited much from the costly 2-billion-dollar highway already connecting Albania and Kosovo.

Albert Krasniqi, a researcher at Kipred, said all the campaign pledges “fail to match the reality of the country and thus would be very hard to implement”.

Krasniqi added: “Until now we have heard only how they will spend the budget, but nobody talks about how that inflated budget will be obtained.”

Another political party, Nisma, recently formed by ex-guerilla fighter Fatmir Limaj, is holding back on the ambitious job promises and focusing on criticizing the government and its flaws.

Limaj claims that Thaci has run the government for four years without a proper programme.

The PDK plan to create 200,000 jobs is an “election fraud”, according to Nisma’s website.

“Through these elections, Hashim Thaci tries to manipulate the feelings of hundreds of thousands of poor Kosovars for whom the workplace has become a daily nightmare,” it says.

The party statement calls on all those who feel dissatisfied with the current government to build a new foundation for Kosovo. Only that will enhance development, it says.