Albania's Rama vows to push on with Kushner-linked luxury resort despite protests
Protesters say the $1.6 billion project threatens protected wetlands and wildlife, while investigators examine possible fraud tied to the land deal.
- Protesters gathered outside Prime Minister Edi Rama's office this week using a pink flamingo emblem, as the luxury resort project has spiraled into a national political crisis.
- Planned for the uninhabited island of Sazan and the Vjosa-Narta protected site, the project threatens sensitive coastal wetlands, prompting critics to label the movement a "flamingo revolution."
- Albania's Special Structure Against Corruption is investigating "controversial changes in the area's protected status and land ownership in 2024," while conservationist Aleksander Trajce alleges a "total lack of transparency" regarding permits.
- Jared Kushner's Affinity Partners spearheads the project, which Prime Minister Rama hailed as a "milestone in the Balkan country's trajectory," declaring last week that the investment will not stop.
- The protests serve as a "vehicle for wider anger" over corruption and government arrogance, according to the Tirana Times; Rama's offer to "meet protesters in an attempt to break the logjam" has not quelled the crisis.
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The Trump family wants to build a luxury resort in Albania. This is meeting with fierce resistance from Albanians.
The protests followed in Tirana against a luxury hotel project linked to the Trump family.
The Independent
The Independent (US)Albania Prime Minister Edi Rama responds to Kushner-linked luxury resort protests
Thousands of demonstrators have gathered outside Rama's office in Tirana, protesting the planned complex of hotels, apartments, villas, and a yacht marina
El Periódico
lacronicabadajoz.comThe pink flamingo and the slogan Albania is not for sale’ have become the symbols with which thousands of Albanians have been walking the streets of Tirana for more than a week. Protests against two luxury tourism megaprojects promoted by the Trump family in one of the islands of the country began as an environmental mobilization to protect this natural enclave and have already become a movement against the government.Keep reading....
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AP Interview: Albania's leader defends Kushner-linked luxury development
Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama says a controversial luxury resort development linked to U.S. President Donald Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner will move forward despite growing protests.
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