People protest at the Vjosa-Narte protected area where a luxury resort is planned by a company linked with Donald Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner, near Vlora, Albania, Saturday. [Florion Goga/Reuters]
Thousands of Albanians took to the streets of Tirana on Tuesday night protesting against a development planned by a company linked with Donald Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner on an environmentally sensitive part of the Adriatic coast.
The €1.4 billion resort is being led by Kushner’s investment firm Affinity Partners on an island off Albania and an undeveloped stretch of coastline near the Vjosa-Narta protected landscape, a wetland home to flamingos, seals and sea turtle nesting sites.
Environmentalists oppose the plan, which they say would impact several hundred hectares of pristine beaches.
Developers say they will progress responsibly.
