SEVERAL thousand Albanians took to the streets of Tirana on Tuesday (June 9) protesting against a plan by a company linked to President Donald Trump's son-in-law to build a luxury resort in an environmentally-sensitive area.
Jared Kushner's investment firm Affinity Partners is involved in the €1.4 billion (US$1.6 billion) project on an undeveloped stretch of coastline that lies near the Vjosa-Narta protected area, a wetland home to flamingos, seals and sea turtle nesting sites in the south.
Environmentalists oppose the project, which they say would affect several hundred hectares of pristine beaches and thousands of flamingos that nest and pass through nearby areas each year.
Some protesters at Tuesday's march said the protests had grown to encompass concerns over corruption and opposition to the government of Prime Minister Edi Rama.
