Albanians protest over Kushner-linked luxury resort on pristine coastline
SPAK opened a probe into 2024 land changes as thousands protest the $4 billion resort plan and accuse officials of weakening protected-area rules.
- On Monday, Jared Kushner's luxury coastal resort project in Albania came under investigation by anti-corruption prosecutors amid intensifying public protests, Politico reported.
- Affinity Partners, led by Kushner, plans 10,000 hotel rooms on "the uninhabited Adriatic island of Sazan and several hundred hectares of the Vjosa-Narta protected landscape," according to Politico.
- Footage from Saturday showed private security guards allegedly "assault and then drag a protester along a cliff," while threatening others attempting to halt construction.
- Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama confirmed to Politico that negotiations for the project are ongoing, while activists call for his resignation over the development.
- Albania's special anti-corruption prosecution office, SPAK, launched a probe in 2024 into land ownership changes, as questions persist about the area's protected environmental status.
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What to know: Protests grow over Trump family-linked resort in Albania
A massive coastal development project linked to Jared Kushner is facing resistance in Albania. The government claims the development on the Adriatic coast will transform the nation as it seeks high-end tourism and European Union membership.
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"Barbed wire cannot silence people," said one conservationist. "A protected landscape of global importance is under attack, and people are demanding an end to the devastation."
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