Inside Albania’s protests over Jared Kushner’s resort
Jared Kushner’s $1.4bn resort has sparked Albania’s biggest protests in years. Is the country’s coast for sale?

Jared Kushner’s $1.4bn resort has sparked Albania’s biggest protests in years. Is the country’s coast for sale?


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Environmental organisations have called for the project’s suspension, citing threats to biodiversity.

Hundreds have rallied in Albania against plans by a Jared Kushner-linked investment firm to develop Sazan Island.
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Police confronted protesters in Albania’s capital Tirana after demonstrators shot fireworks and threw petrol bombs.
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Kazakhstan and Kosovo have also pledged to participate, while Egypt and Jordan will provide training for police.

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Anti-government protesters in Albania hurled petrol bombs and fireworks at police.