{"id":83277,"date":"2026-03-06T18:50:27","date_gmt":"2026-03-06T17:50:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/?p=83277"},"modified":"2026-03-06T20:51:24","modified_gmt":"2026-03-06T19:51:24","slug":"balluku-thanks-rama-and-colleagues-at-the-ministry-of-infrastructure-grateful","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/balluku-thanks-rama-and-colleagues-at-the-ministry-of-infrastructure-grateful\/","title":{"rendered":"Balluku Thanks Rama and Colleagues at the Ministry of Infrastructure: \u201cGrateful\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>After handing over her duties this Friday to the new minister Enea Karaka\u00e7i, Belinda Balluku shared a post on social media thanking all her collaborators at the Ministry of Infrastructure and Energy, as well as Prime Minister Edi Rama.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGrateful and thankful to Edi Rama for the trust he has given me, for the responsibilities he entrusted to me, and for the extraordinary opportunity to contribute to the realization of his vision. Above all, I am grateful for the inspiration he conveys to all of us,\u201d Balluku wrote.<\/p>\n<p>Message of thanks to the employees of the Ministry of Infrastructure and Energy<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI thank you all from the bottom of my heart for the support and affection that you never spare me, both on sunny days and on darker ones. I am honored and proud of the journey we made together, of the work and sacrifices we shared, and above all of the undeniable results.<\/p>\n<p>There is nothing more rewarding than the thousands of messages I received today, nothing more rewarding than the tearful eyes of colleagues with whom I shared the great dream of building a European Albania.<\/p>\n<p>Words may not have bones, yet they can break bones; words can leave wounds and scars, but in the end the wind carries them away. 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