Thousands of people took to the streets of Albania’s capital Tirana on Tuesday in the second day of protests against a luxury resort project linked to US President Donald Trump's son-in-law, Jared Kushner.
The project is planned to be built on several hectares of the protected Vjosa-Narta coastal landscape in Zvërnec and on the uninhabited Adriatic island of Sazan.
Protesters chanted, "Albania belongs to Albanians" while holding placards that read, "Hands off Vjosa-Narta."
"The situation in Narta (Lagoon) is that, in practice, we have a protected area, but above all, our state has allowed construction work to continue without consultation and without transparency," said Klajdi Belo, an activist who attended the demonstration.
Environmental NGOs have long raised concerns that the project could threaten the area's biodiversity and disrupt bird migration routes.
