Kosovo leaves the list of safest countries for investment, with which Kurti was praised

Acting Prime Minister Albin Kurti on Thursday promoted a ranking made by a private company that presented Kosovo among the safest countries in the world to invest in. But, a day later, the country's name was removed from the list. The company that made the ranking did not provide any clarification for this.

Acting Prime Minister Albin Kurti is proud of the indexation that the private company "Henley & Partners" has given to Kosovo, presenting it among the safest countries in the world to invest.

In the Global Investment Risk and Sustainability Index, published on Thursday, Kosovo was ranked 26th out of 225 countries, leaving behind France, the United States of America (USA) and Japan. But on Friday, Kosovo's name did not appear on the list. It was removed along with a number of small countries in the territory.

The company that published the ranking did not respond to KOHA's questions regarding this, nor about the methodology and indicators it used to calculate the ranking.

With the Prime Minister's enthusiasm, his political opponents and business representatives have not spoken about the ranking.

Lulzim Rafuna, president of the Chamber of Commerce (OKC), has said that Kosovo is not doing well in terms of attracting foreign investment.

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"Kosovo is suffering from qualitative foreign investments. Only those investments that increase production, the level of economic development and the well-being of citizens. If we look at the data published today by ASK, we see that the trade balance between import and export is less than 12 percent covered. This is the result that best shows how much investment we have and how safe Kosovo is for people to come and invest in our country," he emphasized.

And Democratic League (LDK) MP Hykmete Bajrami has been ironic with Kurti.

"In the time we live in, such organizations can be found, but indexation does not change economic reality," she wrote on Facebook.

According to Central Bank data, from January to June, foreign direct investments amounted to 441.3 million euros, which marks an increase of 5.3 percent compared to the same period in 2024. They are mainly investments in real estate, made by the diaspora.

The President of the Chamber of Commerce has listed some of the factors that he said make Kosovo an unsuitable place for investment.

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"The first challenge is the lack of manpower, the second is that even this power that we have is not prepared for the demands of the market, why haven't the institutions made reforms in the education system, add to this the suspension of the strategic dialogue with the US, in a word, the image that we don't have built well and all of these have been obstacles to the lack of foreign investment in Kosovo," said Rafuna.

Prime Minister Kurti emphasized that, despite global crises and numerous challenges from external factors, Kosovo continues to strengthen, offering better conditions for socio-economic development and secure investments.