Presenting the plan for the average salary increase for the public administration at a meeting with employees at the Prime Minister’s office, the Premier said that “the opportunity to recognize and appreciate contribution of the public employees was created just now.”

“We work together for years now and you all contribute through hard work and commitment and definitely have deserved the pay hike long time ago, but it is only now that we can afford such an increase after having created the opportunity for such a decision,” PM Rama said.

The government head stated that the salary increase will include whole public administration according to the job position.

PM Rama pledged that the average salary of Albanians will reach around €900, or 102,000 lek, more than double what it was a decade ago.

“Our ambitious plan is designed to announce the highest pay rise in the region between 2023 and 2024. The plan aims at delivering on a €900 average salary target as we now have created a fresh opportunity and we will make the most of it in the citizens and households benefits,” PM Rama stated.

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“The 2023 Budget foresees 7.6 times more investments in technology, to increase the security of the digital systems and to prevent cyber attacks,” Çuçi said.

Investments in the State Police in 2023 are expected to be 56% more than in 2022,” Minister Çuçi said.

According to Çuçi, the 2023 Budget foresees investments worth 547 million ALL in technology up from 72 million ALL  in 2022.

“In 2022, investments in the State Police reached 743 million ALL, while in 2023 they are estimated at 1.2 billion ALL,” Çuçi concluded. //a.i/

“Along with Prime Minister Edi Rama we have introduced two main elements of taxation. The Albanian government has reduced the fiscal burden for 97% of Albanians, belonging to the category of individuals with average wage level. In Albania the average salary is 58,000 ALL and most of the people employed fall into this category.  If we look back and compare the flat tax rate of 10% that applied to all categories under Berisha. In 2013, we imposed progressive tax rate, which for all salaries up to 30 thousand ALL was zero,” Minister Denaj said.

“The final figures published by the Albanian Institute of Statistics INSTAT for 2020 will be available in the coming weeks. According to current official data, in the third quarter of 2020, the economic recession worsened if compared to the second quarter due to coronavirus lockdown,” Denaj added.

According to Denaj, GDP is expected to decrease by 6% in 2021.This means that, Albania is experiencing an economic recession like many other countries, such as Greece suffering a contraction of 11% of gross domestic product, followed by Bulgaria with -5.5%.

“During the pandemic lockdown, the small business with a turnover of up to 14 million ALL were provided with direct support through wartime payment of 26 thousand ALL, while today they receive 30 thousand ALL,” she added. //a.i/