Dear women, sisters attending this meeting, Honored organizers,

Prishtina, 20 January 2011 – Today a preparatory meeting was held, attended by representatives of energy institutions and enterprises, to initiate the compilation of the annual report related to the progress in the implementation of the Kosovo Energy Strategy Implementation Programme.

Gjilan, 13 January 2011 – The Minister of Energy and Mining, Justina Shiroka – Pula, with the representative of the European Commission Liaison Office in Prishtina, Khaldoun Sinno, representative of the Health Ministry, Zenun Çelaj, Mayor of Gjilan, Qemajl Mustafa, and Gjilan Regional Hospital Director, Xhavit Hajdari, inaugurated the project on the implementation of the energy efficiency measures in this health facility.

Prishtina, 12 January 2011 – Minister of Energy and Mining, Justina Shiroka – Pula, with the Chief of Operations in the European Commission Liaison Office, Kjartan Bjornsson, and the Mayor of Prishtina, Isa Mustafa, have inaugurated the project on the implementation of the energy efficiency measures in the Electro-technical High School Gjin Gazulli and Primary School, Ismail Qemalji in Prishtina.

Prishtina, 14 December 2010 – The Minister of Economy and Finance Ahmet Shala, Minister of Energy and Mining Justina Shiroka – Pula and the Swiss Ambassador in Prishtina Lokas Berliger, signed an amended Memorandum of Understanding between the Government of the Republic of Kosovo and the Government of the Swiss Confederation, on the Gjilan Transformer Station.

Prishtina, 26 November 2010 – The Minister of Energy and Mining (MEM), Municipality of Prishtina and GTZ inaugurated today the project “Implementation of energy efficiency measures in public institutions”, aiming to install efficient lighting bulbs in Prishtina.

Prishtina, 26 november 2010 – Ministry of Energy and Mining organized today a round table on “EC Progress Report – Energy Sector Challenges”, to present the achievements and challenges identified in the Progress Report and the measures to address them.

Prishtinë, 25 November 2010 – The Ministry of Energy and Mining signed a memorandum of understanding with the German public enterprise, Laustizer und Mitteldeutsche Bergbau-Verëaltungsgesellschaft mbH (LMBV International), in an effort to adopt the German model to treat environmental and social problems caused by mining activities.

Prishtina, 23 November 2010 - Ministry of Energy and Mining (MEM) signed today a memorandum of understanding with the Central Election Commission, in which it commits to undertaking all measures necessary to ensure sufficient and uninterrupted energy supply to all polling centers and ancillary facilities during the entire electoral process.

Prishtina, 19 November 2010 – The Ministry of Energy and Mining (MEM), in cooperation with the Kosovo Chamber of Commerce, held today a promotional conference titled “Private investment options in developing small HPP’s in the Republic of Kosovo”, to discuss about private investment in hydro-potentials of Kosovo, with a view of generating clean electricity and economic development.