Tirana (Albania) (AFP) – Violent clashes erupted between police and demonstrators outside Albania's parliament on Thursday, as protests sparked by a resort development linked to US President Donald Trump's family threatened to escalate.
Issued on: 02/07/2026 - 16:30
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Anger has grown at the planned construction of a luxury hotel linked to Ivanka Trump and her husband Jared Kushner © Adnan Beci / AFP
Protests began in late May against the planned construction of a luxury hotel linked to Trump's daughter Ivanka and her husband Jared Kushner in a nature reserve in Zvernec, on Albania's southwestern coast.For the second time this week, crowds gathered outside parliament to confront lawmakers and block entry to the building.
