Albania protests against a Kushner-backed coastal resort swell to tens of thousands

Protests against a luxury resort development on Albania’s southern coast linked to Jared Kushner have grown to tens of thousands of people and reached their 21st consecutive day, according to Al Jazeera . Demonstrators carrying signs reading “Albania is not for sale” have called on Prime Minister Edi Rama to resign over his government’s backing of the project, which sits in a protected area.

The unrest turns a foreign real-estate venture into a domestic political flashpoint. Opposition centers on concerns about selling protected land to outside developers and on the government’s role in approving it, putting Rama under sustained pressure and complicating a high-profile project tied to a member of the U.S. president’s family.

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