Elections "save" public sector salaries - Announcement of date extends budget for the first two months of 2026
Holding the elections on December 28 has saved the public sector from a lack of salaries in January and February. The Law on Public Finance Management allows for a budget extension for the first two months of the following year, if the elections are held in the last 4 months of the fiscal year.
During the two-month extension, each institution receives about 16.7% of its annual budget, in order to continue operating until the new budget is approved.
On November 20, Kosovo's president, Vjosa Osmani, set December 28 as the date for holding elections after MPs failed to elect a new executive twice in a row.
Osmani, who held consultations with political parties, said that at the meeting, no agreement was reached among the deputies on the approval of budget extensions, the ratification of several international agreements, as well as the budgets for the three municipalities of Pristina, Gjilan and Zubin Potok.
Kosovo is entering 2026 without a state budget, despite the fact that the incumbent government led by Albin Kurti has approved a draft law. Parties that were in opposition last term criticized this decision, saying that Kurti, as incumbent prime minister, cannot send the prepared draft law to the Assembly, which has the composition of a new legislature.
Osmani herself had expressed concern several times about the non-approval of the budget or a draft law on budget allocation, saying that the salaries of public sector employees would be jeopardized. She had even said that she would be willing to send a proposal to the Assembly for a budget extension to have a budget “at least until March.”
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