Albania, Montenegro Eye EU Funding for Gas Pipeline, Gjergj Erebara/BIRN, 8 September 2017
Albania, Montenegro Eye EU Funding for Gas Pipeline, Gjergj Erebara/BIRN, Tirana, 08 September 2017 Albania's Energy Ministry on Friday presented a feasibility study for a 618-million-euros gas corridor between Albania, Bosnia and Croatia, which it hopes the EU and US will support. A segment of the Trans Adriatic Pipeline under construction near Korca, Albania, on July 2017. Photo: BIRN. Albania's Ministry of Energy on Friday in Tirana unveiled a preliminary feasibility study for a proposed Ionian-Adriatic gas pipeline, hoping the EU may fund construction of the section of the pipeline between Albania and Montenegro. Damian Gjiknuri, Minister of Energy and Infrastructure, said Albania had a strong interest in the pipeline project, which could help gasify the country. "We hope for support from the EU and the US [for the project],"…