Minister: Thumane-Kashar road to be completed within next 12 months

Minister of Infrastructure and Energy, Belinda Balluku has vowed this Friday that the Thumanë-Kashar road segment, part of the Blue Corridor, will be accessible to citizens within 12 months. She issued this statement during the axis construction’s works, accompanied by Prime Minister Edi Rama, stating that this is a road system that will consist of […]

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