{"id":30486,"date":"2026-04-10T15:30:17","date_gmt":"2026-04-10T13:30:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/prizrenpost.com\/en\/the-assembly-does-not-approve-the-resolution-for-the-reduction-of-the-excise-duty-and-the-removal-of-the-vat-for-oil\/"},"modified":"2026-04-10T15:30:19","modified_gmt":"2026-04-10T13:30:19","slug":"the-assembly-does-not-approve-the-resolution-for-the-reduction-of-the-excise-duty-and-the-removal-of-the-vat-for-oil","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prizrenpost.com\/en\/the-assembly-does-not-approve-the-resolution-for-the-reduction-of-the-excise-duty-and-the-removal-of-the-vat-for-oil\/","title":{"rendered":"The Assembly does not approve the resolution for the reduction of the excise duty and the removal of the VAT for oil"},"content":{"rendered":"

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With 34 votes for, 49 against and 7 abstentions, the Assembly of Kosovo did not approve a resolution that required the reduction of the excise duty and the removal of the Value Added Tax (VAT) for oil.<\/p>\n

On this resolution proposed by the opposition entity, the Democratic League of Kosovo, and supported by other opposition parties, the Assembly debated on April 3, but the vote on it was postponed in the absence of quorum.<\/p>\n

Oil prices around the world, including in Kosovo, have increased since the conflict between the United States and Israel with Iran began on February 28.<\/p>\n

During the debate on this resolution, the government cabinet opposed the demands of the opposition parties for the reduction of excise duty and the removal of VAT, with Prime Minister Albin Kurti saying that in the past when VAT was removed or reduced, there was no effect.<\/p>\n

In the text of the resolution it was requested: the reduction of the excise duty from 36 cents per liter to 20 cents per liter until the prices on the international exchanges stabilize and the temporary reduction of the VAT on fuel from 18 to 8 percent until the prices stabilize.<\/p>\n

According to the Ministry of Trade, oil in Kosovo on April 10 can be sold at the highest price of 1.89 euros.<\/p>\n

About a week after the start of the conflict in the Middle East, Kosovo established protective measures for the price of oil.<\/p>\n

According to the decision, the maximum commercial margin allowed for wholesale sales will be up to 2 cents per liter, while retail up to 12 cents per liter.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, during the plenary session, with 90 votes in favor, none against and no abstentions, MPs approved a resolution that calls for the protection of “the historical truth of the war in Kosovo in 1998-1999”.<\/p>\n

The resolution was proposed by the opposition entity, the Democratic Party of Kosovo, after an exhibition placed in the square of Pristina in March, on the massacres in Kosovo, which was said to have inaccurate data.<\/p>\n

PDK MP, Nait Hasani, read the text of the resolution, which condemns the distortion, relativization or incorrect presentation of the facts related to the last war in Kosovo.<\/p>\n

“The resolution condemns initiatives, such as the recent exhibition organized in public spaces in Pristina, which with inaccuracies on the data on the massacres in Kosovo incite wide reactions and provoke the re-experiencing of pain, risking the deformation of the truth and facts”, said the text of the resolution.<\/p>\n

The resolution also demands that the justice bodies investigate whether there are criminal offenses related to the presentation of facts in this exhibition.<\/p>\n

The exhibition was left by the Municipality of Pristina, meanwhile, the Assembly of Kosovo, which had financed a part of the exhibition of the non-governmental organizations INTEGRA and ADMOVERE, said that the legislative body supports initiatives that deal with issues of public interest, but this support is given “without interfering with the content of such projects”.<\/p>\n

After many reactions, Shk\u00eblzen Gashi, on behalf of the organizations ADMOVERE and INTEGRA, that the exhibition was realized based on his book “Massacres in Kosovo 1998-1999”, published in 2024, while for the compilation of the list of those killed in the massacres, the organizations relied on the list of those killed from the “Book of Memory of Kosovo” of the Fund for Humanitarian Rights in Kosovo (HLC), an organization led by Natasha Kandiq, activist Serbian human rights.<\/p>\n

However, the Fund for Humanitarian Law has reacted by saying that the data presented in the exhibition in some cases give an inaccurate picture of the crimes and this is not related to interpretation issues, but “with a basic lack of knowledge on international humanitarian law, the facts proven in court and how to read the data”.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, by order of the Special Prosecutor’s Office, Gashi’s apartment is raided on March 30 and he was questioned on suspicion of having committed the criminal offense of “inciting discord and intolerance”.<\/p>\n

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