Albania protesters rally for 28 straight days against alleged Trump’s son-in-law-linked project
Protesters say the $1.6 billion project threatens protected wetlands and has drawn at least several thousand people nightly, AFP journalists reported.
- Protesters in Albania are demanding the cancellation of a luxury resort project in the Vjosa-Narta protected delta, sparking a movement dubbed the "Flamingo Revolution" and calling for Prime Minister Edi Rama's resignation.
- The movement emerged in late May opposing a multibillion-dollar development backed by Jared Kushner, son-in-law of Donald Trump, after he and Ivanka Trump discovered the site during a boat trip.
- Thousands have marched nightly in Tirana using cardboard flamingos to symbolize the delta's ecological richness, chanting "Albania Is Not for Sale" to demand an end to policies favoring politically connected investors.
- Albania's anti-corruption agency has opened an investigation into the project, while the European Parliament pressures the government to suspend developments in protected areas; Rama dismissed environmental objections as "misinformation."
- Demonstrators now include retirees alongside young activists, reflecting deeper dissatisfaction with the nation's economic model since the 1990s; 70-year-old Bujare Ishmi described Albania's political system as a "half-hearted democracy.
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Revolutions can have different names, but a "flamingo" one may be underway in Albania right now. The idea of Donald Trump's daughter and son-in-law to turn a half-forgotten island in the western Balkan country into a luxury tourist resort is growing into mass protests against the government, which has been led by Edi Rama for 13 years. Many, especially younger residents, think that the prime minister is too friendly to the $1.4 billion (30 billi…
Albania protesters keep up pressure over Trump-linked project
TIRANA, Albania — Thousands of Albanians took to the streets of Tirana again this weekend, demanding the prime minister’s resignation and an end to a tourism project linked to US President Donald Trump’s family. Since late May, protesters have gathered every evening to oppose the construction of a luxury hotel backed by Trump’s daughter Ivanka and her husband Jared Kushner, planned in a nature reserve on the Balkan nation’s coast. Opposition to …
Flamingos, Kushner and Israeli businessman: Inside Albania's political firestorm
Ron Yefet is a close confidant of Prime Minister Edi Rama and a partner in a state-owned defense company. Critics call the relationship corrupt; Rama dismisses the accusations as "bonkers" and says opponents are spreading a false claim that he conspired with Jared Kushner and Benjamin Netanyahu to bring Palestinians to Albania
What started as a local environmental protest turned into a nationwide fight against the corruption of the Albanian ruling elite.
Albania's "Flamingo revolution": Trump-linked luxury resort plan triggers mass protests
Protests in Albania entered their fifth week on Saturday, with demonstrations that began in May over a planned luxury resort project linked to the Trump family. Since then, the movement has expanded…
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