‘Albania is not for sale’, protesters say over Kushner-linked luxury resort near a protected wetland

Key points

• Thousands of Albanians took to the streets of Tirana late on Thursday (June 4, 2026) ​in the largest protest this week 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 ($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.
• Ornithologist Ledi Selgjekaj said more than 1% of the global population of flamingos is in Albania.
• “Of course, it’s very important to have investments in the country.