The girl’s father, Zoran B., was upset when his daughter did not answer the phone, which is why she reported her disappearance to the police. As the Informer finds out, the police quickly located the phone of the girl, who turned out not to have been abducted, nor did anything bad happen to her. In the middle, there was a problem with the grade, which, according to the student’s father, she failed to correct today.

– The daughter was supposed to correct her grade in English today, but that didn’t happen. Around 10.30 am is the time when he was supposed to leave the school building. Since she did not answer my phone calls, I reported her missingsaid the upset father.

– I went to the school where I was told that my daughter was answering and left the school building among the last students. After that, she was nowhere to be seen. Fortunately, she was found after more than five hours. We were all very upset by this, understand me– said the girl’s father Zoran B.

Katarina’s disappearance was announced on social networks today, and as we unofficially find out, the police found the girl in Mikronaselj in Kikinda, where she was walking with her boyfriend.

Namely, due to an unsuccessful attempt to correct the grade, she did not know how to tell the news to her parents, which was the reason for ignoring their phone calls.

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Albanians’ spending on property abroad is growing rapidly year after year, indicating that part of the profits and savings generated within the country are transferred abroad, buying mainly housing.

In the section of national accounts for Gross National Product (GDP), INSTAT reported that, in 2019, the expenditures of Albanians who are resident in Albania for properties abroad reached ALL 69 billion or (566 million euros). Property purchases abroad marked a record level in 2019 with an annual increase of over 44 percent.

Expenditures on property abroad increased steadily, especially after 2011. They were low until 2007, but after the 2008 crisis, an unusual increase was seen (see the attached chart).

From ALL 7 billion in property expenditures abroad in 2007, a year later, in 2008 this value increased more than fourfold, to ALL 32 billion.

During the period 2008-2013, the expenditures of Albanians residing in Albania for properties abroad were 1.6 billion euros. In 2013 there was a decline in the indicator, where it is seen that only 11 billion ALL were spent, or three times less than in 2012.

Property purchases abroad started again at a fast pace after 2014. According to INSTAT data, from 2014 to 2019, Albanians’ expenditures on properties abroad reached 2 billion euros.

The record is held by 2019, where the value of the indicator reached 69.7 billion ALL, or 431 million euros.

From 1996 to 2019, expenditures on property abroad amounted to ALL 497 billion or about EUR 4 billion.

In the absence of financial instruments, Albanians are increasingly seeing real estate, especially housing, as an investment vehicle. This trend is being seen from a large momentum of constructions within the country.

New constructions, especially in Tirana, are luxurious and target buyers with very high incomes. This income used to buy property is often not justified by official sources. The construction sector was one of the main typologies for money laundering by Organized Crime Organizations for 2020, reported the Directorate for the Prevention of Money Laundering./oranews

The Mayor of Prishtina, Shpend Ahmeti has announced that negotiations have begun for the purchase of 30 new buses, and that these negotiations are expected to be completed within this year. According to Ahmeti, eight of these buses will be electric.

Ahmeti also announced that in April of this year will start in Pristina procurement for private operators on certain lines.

This status of Ahmeti comes just a few months until the local elections that are expected to be held in Kosovo in the fall.

Ahmeti’s full post:

In the first part of this year we will finalize the negotiations for the purchase of 30 new buses in which case we will complete the commitment for publicly owned buses (80). Eight buses will be electric, according to discussions with the EBRD.

Also in April, the procurement for private operators will start on certain lines where the contracts will be long-term while the investment in the fleet will be required.