Kosovo citizens dissatisfied with institutions, media

PRISTINA - A majority of Kosovo citizens are disgruntled with the work of Kosovo's key executive, legislative and judicial institutions, they have lost trust in media freedom, and youth unemployment is the biggest problem, shows a survey carried out by the United Nations Development Program (UNDP).

This Public Pulse Report notes that only 21 percent of respondents are satisfied with key Kosovo institutions, while the figure stood at 46 percent in April last year.

According to the report, 35.5 percent of those questioned believe that the media in Kosovo enjoy freedom of expression, compared to 40 percent in November 2014.

When it comes to the justice system, 16 percent of respondents believe that it is independent, so the figure is up from 13 percent in November last year.

The report also shows that around 31 percent of those questioned are either dissatisfied or very dissatisfied with the economic situation in Kosovo- 52 percent think that joblessness is a major problem, while 27 percent deem that poverty is the biggest problem.

Only five percent of respondents said that the biggest problem in Kosovo is corruption, reads the report.

Photo Tanjug, S. Radovanovic (illustration, archive)