Prishtina, 9 dhjetor 2009 – On Wednesday, deputy-minister of Energy and Mines Dr.Tech. Blerim Rexha accompanied with Adviser Dr.Tech. Bedri Dragusha, held a reception for a Hungarian delegation lead by Jeno Faler, state-secretary and deputy-minister of Foreign Affairs, Tamas Magda, chief of the Hungarian Balkans Department and Agnes Kovago, Political Advisor at the Hungarian Balkans Department.

Prishtina, 26 November 2009 – The Conference “Improvement and Reclamation of damaged land for a better environment” was organized in Prishtina by the Ministry of Energy and Mining (MEM). Topics of discussion were the current situation of land pollution and measures undertaken to return to the previous state through land reclamation.

London, 24 November 2009 – Deputy-Minister of Energy and Mines, Dr. Tech. Blerim Rexha attended an Investment Forum in Great Britain. At this occasion, Deputy-Minister Rexha emphasized that the Government of Republic of Kosovo considers private investments in the energy field as necessary to the development and revival of this sector, underlining that this lays the grounds for secure, qualitative and economically feasible energy services for all Kosovo’s citizens. “Kosovo’s sustainable and prompt economic and social development in the mid-term and long-term period require support from a developed and modern energy sector, which is based on utilization of domestic conventional and renewable energy resources, which are vastly available in Kosovo”, said the Deputy-Minister of Energy, Dr.Tech. Blerim Rexha.

Prishtina, 09 November 2009 – A meeting of the New Kosovo Project Steering Committee was held in the premises of the Ministry of Energy and Mining (MEM), under the chairmanship of Minister of Energy, Justina Shiroka – Pula, with the participation of other Ministers of the Kosovo Government and heads of independent regulators for Mines and Energy. Topics of discussions were the developments of the New Kosovo Project.

Prishtina, 5 November 2009 – The Ministry of Energy and Mines (MEM) organized in its premises a meeting on the European Commission 2009 Kosovo Progress Report, to discuss on energy related matters and to address challenges and priorities for 2010.

Prishtina, October 23, 2009 – A meeting on Gas was organized by the MEM Office for European Integration. Participants from the meeting were actors of the energy sector, including MEM, ERO, KOSTT and KEK.

Prishtina, October 22, 2009 - PRISHTINA – Ministry of Energy and Mining, Ministry of Finance and Economy and KfW have signed a memorandum of understanding on the funding of joint energy projects.

Prishtina, 15 October 2009 – The Minister of Energy and Mines, Justina Shiroka – Pula was received by the Ambassador of the United States in Kosovo, Christopher Dell, with whom she discussed on the most recent developments in the energy sector.

Prishtina, 15 October 2009 – Ministry of Energy and Mining, Justina Shiroka-Pula, Minister of Education, Science and Technology, Enver Hoxhaj signed a memorandum of understanding with the Rector of the University of Prishtina, Mujë Rugova on the distribution of 25 scholarships for students in the area of energy and mining.

Prishtina, 14 October 2009 – Ministry of Energy and Mining in cooperation with the Kosovo Center for Energy Efficiency organized the Conference on the subject, “Enhancement of Energy Efficiency in Favor of a Quality Environment”.