Prishtinë, 20 October 2011 – The Government of Republic of Kosovo is improving its fiscal policies in order to favor local businesses, with the aim of removing all potential barriers for the development of the private sector, said the Minister of Economic Development Besim Beqaj during his visit to the mineral water production factory ‘Kllokot’ in Kllokot, while asking the businesses to employ an institutional approach in their operations.

Prishtina, 17 October 2011 – Government Privatization Committee (GPC) for PTK took a decision to declare closed the PTK privatization process and start preparations for new privatization process of the company, which will be realized pursuant to strategic directions of the Government, said Minister of Economic Development, Besim Beqaj.

Prishtina, 12 October 2011 – Minister of Economic Development (MED), Besim Beqaj, called the Energy Community Treaty (ECT) opinion a very important moment. The opinion concludes that Serbia has violated the Treaty rules vis-à-vis Kosovo, and was requested to rectify the concluded violations within two months.

Prishtina, 10 October 2011 – Government Privatization Committee of Post and Telecom met today to analyze the progress of PTK privatization, and received an assessment of the evaluation committee on a time extension for prequalification. The evaluation committee reported that no new company is prequalified in the additional deadline, and that formally only the two companies remain prequalified for PTK privatization.

Prishtina, 6 October 2011 – Economic Development Minister (MED), Besim Beqaj, said in the 9th meeting of the Ministerial Council of the Energy Community Treaty (ECT), organized in Kishinjev, Moldavia, that Kosovo has achieved tremendous progress in implementing ECT obligations and in the EU integration process.

Prishtinë, 30.09.2011 – Ministry of Economic Development once again reaffirms its readiness and welcomes initiatives to meet and discuss with civil society representatives on matters related to the MED scope and mandate.

Prishtina, 26 September 2011 – Minister of Economic Development (MED), Besim Beqaj, met the Macedonian Ambassador in Kosovo, Stojan Karajanov. The topic of discussion was the organization of the Kosovo-Macedonia Business Forum, expected to be organized in mid October with an initiative of Minister Beqaj.

Prishtina, 20 September 2011 – Minister of Economic Development (MED), Besim Beqaj, in an informal conference of Energy Ministers of the EU countries in Vrocllav, Poland, had numerous meetings where he presented the strategic orientation of Kosovo in the energy sector.

Prishtina, 17 September 2011 – Having conducted a comprehensive analysis of the respective document, the Ministry of Economic Development (MED) considers that the assessments and conclusions contained in the KIPRED, FIQ and GAP report, titled “Energy Projects in Kosovo”, does not represent the real state of the energy sector, makes no clear division of institutional responsibilities, in unprofessional, not credible and unfounded factually, and thus provides wrongful information to the public.

Prishtina, 5 September 2011 – Minister of Economic Development (MED), Besim Beqaj, in a meeting with the Business Community in the Kosovo Chamber of Commerce (KCC) on the electricity supply for the A+ category, confirmed that economic development is a Government commitment and businesses are a key actor in this relation. “MED, as the ministry responsible to monitor Public Utilities, is in regular contacts with KEK, in order to see the progress and improvement of the electricity situation, and we are encouraged as lately we have achieved a significant improvement in the power supply”, said Minister Beqaj.