Albanians Protest Jared Kushner-Linked Luxury Resort
Anti-corruption prosecutors opened a probe as environmental groups say the $4.6 billion project threatens protected wetlands and could create more than 10,000 jobs.
- Thousands of Albanians protested in Tirana on Tuesday against a luxury resort development linked to Jared Kushner, son-in-law of U.S. President Donald Trump, on the environmentally sensitive Adriatic coast.
- Kushner's investment firm Affinity Partners is developing the $1.6 billion project on the Zvernec peninsula, a protected wetland home to flamingos, seals, and sea turtles near the Vjosa-Narta landscape.
- Besjana Shehu, co-founder of the Albanian Ornithological Society, told DW that the project threatens "the ecological integrity of more than 18,000 hectares of one of Albania's most important natural corridors."
- Prime Minister Edi Rama defended the project as a "strategic investment" to boost global tourism, though he condemned the "disgusting" behavior of security guards filmed dragging a protester.
- The European Commission stated it is "closely following the developments" amid protests calling "Albania is not for sale," emphasizing that EU standards must be fully considered during the country's accession process.
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Tirana, Albania. In 2024 Ivanka Trump and her husband Jared Kushner announced their intention to build luxury hotels in Albania. Two years later a tourism project in a protected area generates controversy and protests in the streets.This is what we know and what we don't know about the project.The origins of the project According to the information available and some Instagram publications, it would be a complex of hotels and villas in the coast…
Thousands of people gathered in Albania's capital Tirana on Wednesday to protest against a planned luxury resort project on the country's coast.
Albania's 'flamingo revolution' against Jared-Kushner-backed luxury resort
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Thousands of people gathered on Wednesday in the streets of Tirana, the capital of Albania, to protest against two controversial tourist projects on the Albanian coast linked to the family of U.S. President Donald Trump, in a wave of criticism for their environmental impact. It was the fourth day of protests to try to stop these works.
In Albania, thousands of people have been taking to the streets for days to protest against a new luxury resort by the Trump family, which is to be built in a former protected nature reserve. The activists fear irreparable damage to the flamingos and 200 other bird species that breed in that area. The government believes the project offers new opportunities for a country that is attracting more and more tourists.
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