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Thursday, June 04, 2026
Thousands of Albanians have taken to the streets " and the internet " to rage against a planned luxury resort linked to Ivanka Trump and her husband Jared Kushner, with protesters demanding the government cancel the project and chanting "Ivanka, go home." The flashpoint is a proposed 4 billion ($4.7 billion) development " described by Prime Minister Edi Rama as an "extraordinary investment" " on Sazan Island and the protected Vjosa-Narta coastal wetlands in southern Albania. Ivanka described it in dreamy terms on a recent podcast. 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. |
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