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Albania’s growing ‘flamingo revolution’ targets Jared Kushner resort
TIRANA — The flamingo has become an unlikely mascot of intensifying protests in Albania against a proposed resort backed by Donald Trump’s son-in-law, Jared Kushner, which would encroach on the birds’ breeding ground. On Tirana’s main boulevard, thousands of protesters gathered Wednesday for the fourth night of large-scale protests against the development. The crowd brandished Albanian flags, placards with quirky slogans and large, flamingo-shaped cardboard cut-outs on sticks.
Albania’s luxury coastal plan linked to Trump sparks storm - why are people protesting?
Thousands of people have flooded the streets across Albania to protest against a major coastal development project linked to Jared Kushner, son-in-law of US President Donald Trump. The demonstrations, among the largest seen so far, come as opposition builds against plans to construct luxury resorts along the country’s Adriatic coastline. In the capital Tirana, thousands gathered peacefully on Saturday evening.
Protests continue for third day over controversial Trump family-linked resort in Albania
The luxury venture, spanning an abandoned island and a stretch of seafront on the southern coast, has drawn opposition from environmental campaigners and critics of Prime Minister Edi Rama. Protests continued in Albania on Wednesday against a massive coastal development project linked to Jared Kushner, the son-in-law of US President Donald Trump, with demonstrators taking to the streets of Tirana for a third day to voice their opposition to the project. The government says the development on...
‘Act without delay’: Brussels warns Albania over Trump-linked resort project
A spokesperson for the European Commission has said that Tirana must “refrain from actions that could undermine” its bid to join the European Union, amid concerns that a sprawling coastal development linked to Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner is in breach of EU environmental standards. The European Commission has issued a veiled warning to the Albanian government over a €1.4 billion real-estate project linked to US President Donald Trump’s family, as protests over the plans for an...
Iran denies involvement in Albanian protests
TIRANA — Iran has rebuked claims by Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama that it is behind disinformation campaigns surrounding protests in Albania that are now in their ninth day. Albanian citizens have been protesting throughout the country and in the U.S., Canada, Germany, France, the UK, Italy, and Greece against a proposed $1.4 billion real estate development linked to Jared Kushner since last week, with the number of protesters increasing each day. In an interview with POLITICO, Rama said...
Albania Prime Minister Edi Rama responds to Kushner-linked luxury resort protests
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 - Bookmark Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama is facing mounting protests as he vows to push ahead with a controversial luxury development linked to Jared Kushner, son-in-law of Donald Trump. Despite a surge in daily demonstrations and environmental objections,...
EU warns Albania over Kushner-linked project
TIRANA — The European Commission has cautioned Albania against actions that may impact its EU accession path, amid ongoing national protests over a Jared Kushner-linked development project on the country’s southern coast. National protests entered their seventh consecutive day on Sunday as Albanians demanded the cancellation of a luxury resort linked to U.S. President Donald Trump’s son-in-law, arguing that the project threatens a protected wildlife area home to flamingos, seals, and...
Protests Grow in Albania Over Kushner-Linked Project
Crowds gathered in Tirana, the capital of Albania, on Monday to protest a planned tourist resort along the Adriatic Sea.
Outrage in Albania over Kushner-Trump $1.6bn luxury resort plan – The Latest
Thousands have protested in the capital, Tirana, this week against a planned luxury resort backed by Donald Trump’s daughter Ivanka and his son-in-law Jared Kushner. Groundwork has begun on the $1.6bn complex in an area long seen as one of the Mediterranean’s most environmentally sensitive, containing 200 species of birds including flamingos and Dalmatian pelicans. After builders began erecting a concrete-based, barbed wire-topped fence around the site, alarm turned to public outrage at the...
Protests in Albania grow over Jared Kushner-backed luxury resort
Conservation groups say work has begun in protected coastal area, while prime minister insists project will bring jobs and investment Protests in Albania over a proposed luxury resort backed by Donald Trump’s son-in-law, Jared Kushner, are set to intensify after opponents rejected an offer from the country’s prime minister “to discuss solutions”. Thousands took to the streets of Tirana for a third straight day on Wednesday, some of them brandishing inflatable flamingos in a nod to feared...