Albanians protest over Kushner-linked luxury resort on pristine coastline

Source: Reuters

“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 is being led by Kushner’s investment firm Affinity Partners on an island off ​Albania and an undeveloped stretch of coastline near the Vjosa-Narta protected landscape, a wetland home ​to flamingos, seals and sea turtle nesting sites. … Protests by locals and non-profit organisations started ​after large ⁠barbed wire fences were erected by developers at the proposed site in Zvernec, near Vlora. Several hundred gathered and clashed with private guards on Saturday and some were injured, a Reuters witness said.” (06/03/26)

https://www.reuters.com/world/albanians-protest-over-kushner-linked-luxury-resort-pristine-coastline-2026-06-03/