Why Albania Is Up In Arms Over Ivanka Trump And Jared Kushner's Billion-Dollar Resort Plan

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• Why Albania Is Up In Arms Over Ivanka Trump And Jared Kushner's Billion-Dollar Resort Plan Published By, Last Updated: June 04, 2026, 18:40 IST Thousands have taken to the streets in Albania over a luxury resort project linked to Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump.
• Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner.
• (Getty Images via AFP) Albania is witnessing growing protests and political controversy over a multi-billion-dollar luxury tourism project linked to US President Donald Trump’s daughter Ivanka Trump and her husband Jared Kushner.
• The project, which envisions high-end hotels and villas along Albania’s Adriatic coast, has triggered demonstrations, legal scrutiny and allegations of irregular approvals, even as the government defends it as a major foreign investment opportunity.
• Planned resorts on protected land The development was first announced in 2024 and targets two sensitive coastal areas: the Vjosa-Narta delta, a protected wetland zone, and Sazan island, a former communist-era military base now largely...