Protests Against Jared Kushner, Ivanka Trump Island Project Grow: Photos
Environmentalists say the €1.4 billion project could damage hundreds of hectares of beaches and habitat for flamingos, seals and sea turtles.
- Thousands of Albanians gathered in Tirana on Thursday, June 4, to protest a luxury resort developed by Affinity Partners, an investment firm linked to Jared Kushner, on an environmentally sensitive Adriatic coast site.
- Environmentalists oppose the $1.6 billion project, which threatens the Vjosa-Narta protected area—a critical wetland habitat for flamingos and over 200 bird species including Dalmatian pelicans.
- "From start to finish there has been a total lack of transparency," said Aleksandr Trajce, executive director of the Protection and Preservation of the Natural Environment in Albania , demanding habitat restoration.
- Prime Minister Edi Rama defended the project on Tuesday, citing $4.6 billion in potential investment and adding there is "absolutely no chance that the investment will stop as long as I am here."
- Kushner previously withdrew from a Trump International Hotel project in Serbia after similar protests last year, and has also announced plans this year for a "New Gaza" development with commercial and residential districts.
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Albanians protest to oppose Trump son-in-law Jared Kushner’s $1.6B resort development near flamingo habitat
The demonstrations mark the largest protest yet against the project, which is planned for an undeveloped stretch of coastline near the Vjosa-Narta protected area in southern Albania.
A secluded island home to a former Soviet military base and a bird sanctuary have been caught in the crossfire of controversy. Jared Kushner's company would build luxury resorts and a hotel in the area, and despite peaceful statements, they have already indicated with barbed wire, guards and bulldozers how willing they are to take into account the views of protesting environmentalists.
Albanians protest against Kushner-backed project threatening the environment
Albanians protest against Kushner-backed project threatening the environment Submitted by MEE staff on Fri, 06/05/2026 - 16:10 Trump's son-in-law is key investor in luxury resort on uninhabited island which campaigners say threaten bird species and local biodiversity Protesters gather in front of Albania's prime minister's office in Tirana on 4 June 2026 during the fourth day of demonstrations against the construction of a new luxury resort…
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