Prishtina, 08.03.2013 Minister of Economic Development, Besim Beqaj, met today with the Foreign Trade Advisor of the French Ministry of Economy and Finance, Julien Roche, who was accompanied by Maryse Daviet, Ambassador of France in Prishtina.

Prishtina, 06.03.2013 – Compared to 2010, there is an increase in the profit of Publicly Owned Enterprises by 11.8 percent, namely there is a better performance, said the Minister of Economic Development, Besim Beqaj before the Assembly Committee on Public Finance Oversight, presenting the Report on Central POE performance in 2011.

Prishtina, 06.03.2013 – Minister of Economic Development, Besim Beqaj, met today with a delegation of the Montenegrin Chamber of Commerce, chaired by its President Velimir Mijuskovic, to discuss on the strengthening of economic cooperation between the two countries.

Prishtina, 08.02.2013 – KEK Board of Directors informed the Minister of Economic Development that, taking into account the position of Inter-Governmental Committee on POEs and reports of inter-institutional committees on the findings of electricity billing for January 2013, in agreement with the KEK Management, a decision was taken to suspend managers of the Prishtina district.

Prishtina, 05.03.2013 – Government Privatization Committee (GPC) held a meeting to analyse the course of the privatization process, only 10 days prior to the bid submission date for competing companies, and concluded that there is a good competitive climate for the privatization of this important publicly owned company, and expects this climate to continue with the receipt of quality bids on March 14, which is the bid submission date.

Prishtina, 28.02.2013 – The POE Inter-Ministerial Committee asked in today’s meeting that the KEK Board of Directors seeks accountability on the electricity invoices of January this year.

Prishtina, 28.02.2013 - Minister of Economic Development, Besim Beqaj, said that the Government of Kosovo and the civil society have a common goal; to have a better environment, sustainable development, and a better life for the citizens. But when it comes to specific processes, we must have a reasoned professional communication.

Prishtina, 22 February 2013 – Minister of Economic Development, Besim Beqaj, signed today a memorandum of cooperation between the Ministry of Economic Development and the South Korean Tourism Organization, in the capital of South Korea, Seoul.

Prishtina, 19 February 2013 – In the regular meeting held today, the Ministerial Committee on Publicly-Owned Enterprises discussed a number of matters related to the business plans of Publicly-Owned Enterprises, addressed POE requests, POE Board compensation and their financial performance in 2012, based on their unaudited financial statements.

Prishtina, 15 February 2013 – The Minister of Economic Development, Besim Beqaj, held today a press conference to inform the public on the findings of the Oversight Committee addressing citizen complaints to KEK in relation to electricity bills, whereby he dismissed any possibility for invoice inflation, and confirmed certain omissions in reading electricity meters.