Prishtina, 14 March 2013 – The Government Privatization Committee for PTK and the Ministry of Economic Development, as part of this Committee, have undertaken all necessary legal actions to protect the rights of employees of both fixed and mobile telephony sectors, the latter undergoing the final stage of the privatization of 75% of its shares.

Prishtina, 12.03.2013 – PTK Government Privatization Committee met today to discuss on the request of the PTK Independent Trade Union on the draft Collective Agreement with PTK employees.

Prishtina, 11.02.2013 – World Bank has reiterated its strong support for energy projects in Kosovo. This was stated in the meeting between the Minister of Economic Development, Besim Beqaj, and the World Bank Director for Western Balkans, Ellen Goldstein.

Prishtina, 08.03.2013 – Minister of Economic Development met today with Prof. Dr. Friedbert Pfluger, Director of the EU Center for Energy and Resource Security (EUCERS), former President of the Bundestag Committee on EU Affairs, and Consultant of renowned clean energy technology companies, accompanied by the Ambassador of the Republic of Kosovo in Germany, Skender Xhakaliu, and Deputy Ambassador of Germany in Kosovo, Matthias Kiesler.

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.