Prishtina, 18 October 2012 - The Minister of Economic Development, Besim Beqaj, said today in Budva, Montenegro that the institutions of the Republic of Kosovo stand ready to fulfill all their obligations deriving from the Energy Community Treaty and that they commit to cooperation and establishment of the common electricity market in the region.

Prishtina, 17 October 2012 – The Minister of Economic Development, Besim Beqaj, said that today’s execution of the contract for privatization of the Kosovo Energy Distribution and Supply Company represents an important moment for the future of Republic of Kosovo’s economy and energy sector.

Prishtina, 16.10.2012 – The Government Privatization Committee for the Kosovo Electricity Distribution and Supply Company (KEDS), approved the final transaction documents for the privatization of KEDS during its meeting convened today.

Prishtina, 11 October 2012 – The Minister of Economic Development, Besim Beqaj, participated in the Kosovo – Great Britain Trade and Investment Conference, held in London on 10-11 October, where he presented Kosovo’s investment potentials to British investors and held a lecture at the Sheffield University.

Prishtina, 10.10.2012 – Government Privatization Committee for the privatization of PTK (GPC) considers that publications in several local media that the Government has allegedly committed to use PTK and Kosovo Post’s immovable assets as collateral for prequalified companies in the PTK privatization process are untrue and tendentious.

Prishtina 09.10.2012 – The Ministry of Economic Development would like to state that the KEDS privatization process was implemented pursuant to the Decision of the Assembly and the Government of the Republic of Kosovo, in full compliance with applicable law and ensuring complete transparency.

Prishtina, 03 October 2012 – In conformity with the Constitution of the Republic and in harmony with the vision for sustainable economic development, the Government of Kosovo is determined to conduct structural economic reform, in order to functionalize its market economy, strengthen the private sector, establish high professional and institutional norms aimed at enhancing sustainable economic development and providing new employment possibilities. Sustainable development per se includes elements such as economic development, socio-economic cohesion and environmental protection, said the Minister of Economic Development, Besim Beqaj, during the session of the Assembly of Kosovo dedicated to the privatization process.

Prishtina, 02.10.2012 – Ministry of Economic Development concludes that the data presented in GAP Institute Report on the Privatization of the Kosovo Electricity Distribution and Supply are inaccurate and untrue.

Prishtina, 02.10.2012 – Government Privatization Committee, established by the Government of the Republic of Kosovo, is strictly and transparently implementing the PTK Privatization process.

Washington, 27 September 2012 – The Minister of Economic Development, Besim Beqaj, held today a lecture at the John Hopkins University in Washington, in which he presented a chronology of the state-building process from 1999 to date, as well as the challenges and economic perspective Kosovo faces.