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‘If it wasn’t Jared, they wouldn’t give a shit.’ Albania PM defends Kushner resort against protestors
TIVAT, Montenegro — Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama has dismissed growing protests against a planned luxury resort as a politically charged campaign fueled by critics of U.S. President Donald Trump, insisting the project poses no risk to flamingos and other wildlife. Albanians took to the streets in recent days to protest plans by Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner to develop a luxury resort on Albania’s unspoiled Sazan Island and the Zvërnec coastline near Vlora. The movement has been...
Kushner Island? Why a planned resort has provoked protests in Albania
Why a planned resort has provoked protests in Albania The government hopes the high-profile project can pin Albania as a major global tourism destination – but environmental concerns are rife. To Ivanka Trump, Sazan was a ‘find’. Thousands of Albanians however fear that it could be their loss.
Albanian authorities probe seaside resort project linked to Jared Kushner
Albanian anti-corruption prosecutors are investigating a luxury resort project linked to U.S. President Donald Trump’s son-in-law, Jared Kushner, as protests from citizens and environmental organizations over the development persist. The project includes the uninhabited Adriatic island of Sazan and several hundred hectares of the Vjosa-Narta protected landscape, a sensitive coastal wetland area home to flamingos, seals and sea turtle nesting sites. SPAK, Albania’s special...
‘Not for sale’: Protests erupt over new European island resort linked to Jared Kushner
‘Not for sale’: Protests erupt over new European island resort linked to Jared Kushner The €1.4 billion ($1.6 billion) resort is being led by Kushner's investment firm Affinity Partners - Bookmark - CommentsGo to comments Thousands of Albanians took to the streets of Tirana on Tuesday night protesting against a development planned by a company linked with Donald Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner on an environmentally sensitive part of the Adriatic coast. The €1.4 billion ($1.6 billion) resort...
EU concerns grow over Albania's Trump-linked megaproject
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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...
Kushner-backed Albania resort sparks protests, EU concerns
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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.