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mahatmakanejeeves

(71,118 posts)
Thu Jun 4, 2026, 06:33 AM 2 hrs ago

Plans for a Trump family-linked resort spark protests in Albania

Last edited Thu Jun 4, 2026, 07:28 AM - Edit history (1)

Source: Associated Press, via NPR

World
Plans for a Trump family-linked resort spark protests in Albania

June 4, 20262:00 AM ET
By The Associated Press


Police officers block a street during a demonstration in Tirana, Albania, Wednesday, June 3, 2026, opposing a luxury coastal development project linked to Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump over concerns about environmental impacts and transparency.
Hameraldi Agolli/AP Photo

TIRANA, Albania — A massive coastal development project linked to Jared Kushner, the son-in-law of U.S. President Donald Trump, is facing growing resistance from protesters in Albania.

The 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, spanning an abandoned island and a nearby stretch of seafront on Albania's southern coast, has drawn opposition from environmental campaigners and critics of long-time Socialist Prime Minister Edi Rama.

The luxury project has two components: a coastal development in the Narta Lagoon area, which is a wildlife reserve, and a smaller resort on the nearby uninhabited island of Sazan, a communist-era military base.

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Read more: https://www.npr.org/2026/06/04/g-s1-125926/albania-protests-trump-family-linked-resort



See this, which I hadn't seen before posting:

https://democraticunderground.com/113357176
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Hat tip, a commenter at Joe.My.God.

https://www.joemygod.com/2026/06/nyt-israel-and-lebanon-agree-to-renew-ceasefire/#comment-6884766466

******
O/T :-
No one wants you Kushner, with your stinking corruption and your gangster contempt for the environment and for the people.
Fuck off home Kushner.

"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 environmental damage, amid mounting calls for the project to be blocked."
from : The Guardian.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jun/04/protests-in-albania-grow-over-jared-kushner-backed-luxury-resort
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riversedge

(81,768 posts)
2. Raw story: 'Go home!' Ivanka Trump inundated with backlash over dubious private island scheme
Thu Jun 4, 2026, 06:45 AM
1 hr ago



'Go home!' Ivanka Trump inundated with backlash over dubious private island scheme

www.rawstory.com/ivanka-priva...

(@oceancalm.bsky.social) 2026-06-04T10:40:55.743Z


'Go home!' Ivanka Trump inundated with backlash over dubious private island scheme
https://www.rawstory.com/ivanka-private-island-protests/


David Edwards June 3, 2026 3:52PM ET

...............On the ground in Albania, the mood was rather less romantic. Anadolu Agency reported thousands gathering in Tirana under the slogan "Albania is not for sale." TV Klan presenter Leftioni Peristere flagged AFP wire coverage of the demonstrations, which have now stretched into a fourth consecutive day — with police firing water cannons at crowds that included children.




...............Another, in a widely shared video, was blunter. "All the blood, sweat, and tears that our people and ancestors have fought for is being sold by a leader who has betrayed us," he said, calling out Prime Minister Edi Rama by name.

Protest crowds have echoed that sentiment, chanting "Thieves!" and demanding Rama's arrest by SPAK — Albania's Special Anti-Corruption Prosecutors, who opened a formal investigation into the project this week.

Ivanka told Senra the resort is "the culmination of all of my experience in real estate, all of my travel, a lot of reflection on how I want to live, how I think people increasingly want to live."

Chasstev365

(8,231 posts)
3. I'm surprised the "resort" is off Argentina
Thu Jun 4, 2026, 06:55 AM
1 hr ago

After all that's where most fascists usually flee!

Hopefully it's a sign they know the end is near!

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littlemissmartypants

(34,813 posts)
6. This island has ready made bunkers for the billionaire prepping oligarchy.
Thu Jun 4, 2026, 07:21 AM
1 hr ago

Where they can hide with the little girl sex slaves.

gab13by13

(32,904 posts)
4. The billionaire class does whatever it wants
Thu Jun 4, 2026, 07:04 AM
1 hr ago

The Albanian police will murder whoever tries to stop Kushner.

NCDem47

(3,528 posts)
8. I think even more than Trump himself, Ivanka's mere presence on Earth galls me more
Thu Jun 4, 2026, 08:01 AM
42 min ago

She the embodiment of entitlement and privilege. Not ONE authentic bone in her body.

riversedge

(81,768 posts)
9. Albanians continue to gather in droves to prevent the sale of their lands to Jared and Ivanka Kushner to build Epstein I
Thu Jun 4, 2026, 08:03 AM
39 min ago
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