Prishtina, 9 October 2009 – Minister of Energy and Mines, Justina Shiroka – Pula, visited on Friday village Gerqina, part of Municipality of Gjakova, using the occasion to donate a number of computers for its primary school “7 September”.

Prishtina, October 5, 2009 Dear organizers of this international forum, Dear attendees from abroad, Dear guests,

Prishtina, September 22, 2009 – On the occasion of the Fiter Bayram holiday, Minister of Energy and Mining, Justina Shiroka – Pula, accompanied by the Prime Minister’s spouse, Lumnije Thaçi, and Gender Equality Official in MEM, Fahrije Qorri – Kaloshi, visited women of Krusha e Madhe, and presented them some modest gifts.

Prishtina, September 11, 2009 – Ministry of Energy and Mining (MEM), in cooperation with Deutsche Gesellschaft für Technische Zusammenarbeit (GTZ), introduced the project “Campaign for Efficient Lighting”. Attending the meeting was also the German Deputy Ambassador in Prishtina, Eckart Blaurock. On this occasion, the deputy Prime Minister of Energy and Mining, Dr. Tech. Blerim Rexha, expressed his gratitude to the German country for the readiness shown to assist the energy sector of the Republic of Kosovo, including through energy saving campaigns.

Prishtina, September 7, 2009 – On September 6, 2009, on 23:49h, seismologists of the Seismology Network of the Ministry of Energy and Mining of the Republic of Kosovo, recorded the earthquake in Albania.

27 August 2009 – During her official visit to the Federal Republic of Germany, the Minister of Energy and Mines, Ms. Justina Shiroka-Pula, on 25 August 2009 met with the State-Secretary of the Ministry of Economy and Technology, which is the ministry responsible for the energy sector in Germany.

Prishtina, 10 July 2009 – Heads of ministries and regulatory offices, institutional representatives and representatives of donors in Kosovo, along with local and international energy and mines sector experts met twice during this week to discuss on key points and draft-decisions pertaining to the process of providing investments for the implementation of the Thermal Power Plant New Kosova project.

Prishtina, July 1, 2009 – Minister of Energy and Mining, Justina Shiroka – Pula, Deputy Minister of Energy and Mining, Blerim Rexha and other collaborators inaugurated the realization of the Project “Use of Solar Energy” in the Psychiatric and Neurologic Clinics of the University Clinical Center of Kosovo. This ceremony was also attended by Jusuf Ulaj, Director of the UCCK, Director of the Psychiatric Clinic, Gentian Qala.

Prishtina, June 25, 2009 – Ministry of Energy and Mining (MEM) was host to the meeting of the Sub-working Group on Energy (SWG was established under the activities for European integration), with the participation of senior representatives of MEM, MEST, ERO, KOSTT and KEK. The meeting was also attended by representatives of the European Commission Liaison Office in Kosovo.

Prishtina, 11 June 2009 – Project Steering Committee of the Lignite Power Technical Assistance Project were convened in a consultative meeting. Chaired by Minister of Energy and Mining, Justina Shiroka – Pula, the meeting was also attended by the Prime Minister Hashim Thaçi and representatives of International Civilian Office, World Bank and USAID.