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Albania is not for sale” banners, the protesters on Wednesday demanded the government block the resort project, which has raised concerns over environmental damage and corruption
Albania has been rocked by nearly two weeks of [fierce protests](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jun/04/protests-in-albania-grow-over-jared-kushner-backed-luxury-resort) after fences and heavy machinery came to a sensitive wetland and preparatory work began on the tourism vision of Ivanka Trump
corruption snapped into focus. This is bigger than birds. A protected wetland belongs to everyone. It is not an asset a government can sell to a foreign billionaire in the dark. What is happening
corruption. Rama fired Balluku, but the mistrust remains. “I’m here to protest, to finish this saga of the Albanian government. It’s always the same two parties,” protester Fabio Bracaj told Reuters. “We want
corruption charges – as well as Rama. The protesters are using a pink flamingo as their emblem. It echoes the deployment of a yellow duck in a long-running civic protest movement in Serbia's capital
protests, she said. “Now we see the whole picture. It seems that all this construction was planned years ago: the airport, the Sazan military island, and the nearby Zvernec Lagoon, all promised to Jared Kushner
government says the development on the Adriatic coast would be transformational for the former communist nation as it seeks to enter the high-end tourism market and pushes for European Union membership. But the venture
protest over the Kushner-linked luxury resort on their coastline. Photograph: Florion Goga/Reuters “We’ve never seen anything like this in Albania’s protected regions,” said Trajce. “It’s not just unprecedented, there’s been