As Kosovo prepares for upcoming legislative elections, concerns over increasing poverty and ethnic violence loom large. Current Prime Minister Albin Kurti may win but will likely need to form a coalition with rival parties. A World Bank report highlights that Kosovo's poverty reduction is the slowest in Europe, with rising inflation and unemployment causing hardship for citizens. Ethnic divisions complicate governance, particularly in the north, where many residents align with Serbia, complicating efforts to address these socio-economic issues and fostering divisive tensions that jeopardize stability and progress.
"According to the government we have had a good economic growth in terms of the budget. This might be true, but when it comes to how people live, inflation and unemployment people have found big difficulties in the last four years."
"What (Kurti) at least at this stage has failed to do is to make people living in the north to basically embrace his policies, and this is the most difficult step."
"The chairman of the Kosovo Business Association sees the economy and living standards - and not ethnicity - as the central issues to address for progress in Kosovo."
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