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'The New Jeffrey Epstein?:' Jared Kushner World Cup Appearance Draws Backlash Over Exclusive Albania Island Plan

Jared Kushner's high-profile appearance at the World Cup with Donald Trump draws attention to his controversial $1.4bn Sazan Island resort project, amid protests and a corruption probe in Albania.

International Business Times UK

Dua Lipa Blasts Government for Tearing Up Eco Laws for Ivanka Trump's Billion-Pound Resort

Dua Lipa criticises the Albanian government's decision to weaken environmental protections for a Trump-backed resort, sparking protests and highlighting broader issues of government transparency.

International Business Times UK

‘Thank you Dua Lipa’: Albanians against Ivanka Trump’s plans for luxury resort praise singer’s support

SPECIAL REPORT: As the global superstar lends her support to Albanians’ anti-government demonstrations, protestors tell Annabel Grossman that her backing provides a critical boost to their cause – although some ask why it didn’t come sooner

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Dua Lipa says Albania protests against Ivanka Trump luxury resort are ‘inspiring’

The 30-year-old was speaking on her podcast alongside Albanian author Lea Ypi

The Independent UK

Trump-linked $4.6 billion resort sparks 42nd night of protests in Albania

At the heart of the protests is a proposed luxury tourism project valued at around $4.6 billion that is linked to the Trump family. The development is planned in Zvernec, an environmentally protected area on Albania's Adriatic coast that conservationists say is home to a fragile lagoon used by thousands…

The Times of India

Jared Kushner-Backed Albania Resort Land Deal Under Investigation Over Suspected Forged Property Deeds

Albanian prosecutors are investigating whether property deeds linked to land sold for a Jared Kushner-backed luxury resort were forged.

International Business Times UK

'Nothing illegal': Albania defends €4 million Kanye West concerts subsidy amid protests over comments glorifying Hitler

Albania's government has defended its decision to allocate €4 million ($4.6 million) from its reserve fund to support a Kanye West concert in Tirana, as the rapper faces widespread outrage over past comments glorifying Hitler and selling swastika T-shirts.

The Times of India

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The Guardian view on the flamingo revolution: Albanians are standing up for their rights, as well as for nature

Editorial: Plans for a mega-resort, backed by Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner, have spurred broader questions about who politics is serving

The Guardian - UK

Thousands swarm the streets of Tirana in major 'Pink Flamingo' anti-government protests

Protesters chanted slogans and carried slogans reading "Albania is not for sale" as they protested PM Edi Rama on his 62nd birthday for protests opposing a holiday resort project linked to the Trump family in a protected area in a southwestern part of the country.

Euronews

Police use tear gas and pepper spray against Albanians protesting Trump family plans to develop unspoiled island into a luxury resort

The "flamingo revolution" goes on.

Fortune

Albanian police use tear gas and pepper spray as Tirana protest turns violent

Albanian police clashed with protesters in Tirana during a demonstration against government corruption and a luxury development linked to Jared Kushner, son-in-law of U.S. President Donald Trump

The Independent UK

Albanian police fire water cannon as protests against Trump-linked luxury resort continue

The government says the development on the Adriatic coast would be transformational for the former communist nation as it seeks to enter the high-end tourism market and pushes for European Union membership.

Euronews

Albania warned EU accession at risk over Jared Kushner-backed resort plans

Proposed development of protected shorelines and wildlife zones violates EU environmental policy, says MEP

The Guardian - UK

Daily protests in Albania continue against Trump family-linked resort project

Prime Minister Rama has vowed not to ‘step back’ from the development, defending his administration's environmental record

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The Independent UK

Meet Albania’s ‘Flamingo Revolution’: The group fighting the Jared Kushner-linked development

The protests include all ages of Albanian’s

The Conversation

Why a development project linked to Donald Trump’s son-in-law has rocked Albania

Thousands of Albanians have been taking to the streets of their capital, Tirana, for over three weeks now to oppose a luxury coastal resort project backed by Jared Kushner, the son‑in‑law of the US president, Donald Trump. The €4 billion (£3.5 billion) development will be constructed on southern Albania’s unspoiled…

The Economic Times

'If you ran in New Delhi, you'd win a million votes': Italian PM Giorgia Meloni recalls 2023 India visit

Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni's new book reveals charming diplomatic encounters during her 2023 India visit, where welcome posters humorously prompted a joke about winning a million votes. Meloni emphasizes that successful diplomacy hinges on personal connections, sharing anecdotes like shared cigarettes with leaders and gifts like a giant Hello…

The Guardian - UK

‘We want a new Albania’: protests against Jared Kushner-backed resort turn anger on government

Opposition to plans for ‘small paradise’ island of Sazan becomes wave of dissent against establishment

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AAP

What to know about opposition in Albania to a Trump family-linked resort development

A coastal development project in Albania linked to Jared Kushner is facing widespread resistance

AAP

What to know about opposition in Albania to a Trump family-linked resort development

A coastal development project in Albania linked to Jared Kushner is facing widespread resistance

Euronews

Albania's PM Edi Rama in Berlin: Europe today needs courage for enlargement

Is Europe ready for its next Helmut Kohl moment? Albania's PM Edi Rama makes his case in Berlin

Euronews

Albania's PM Edi Rama: Is Europe ready for its next Helmut Kohl moment?

In Berlin, once the symbol of a divided Germany and Europe, Albania’s Prime Minister Edi Rama delivered a speech on Europe's future. Rama called on Europe to seize a “Helmut Kohl moment”. Euronews reports on the speech, delivered at the German Committee on Eastern European Economic Relations.

AAP

What to know about opposition in Albania to a Trump family-linked resort development

A coastal development project in Albania linked to Jared Kushner is facing widespread resistance

The Guardian - UK

What Jared and Ivanka want, Jared and Ivanka get? Not if Albania’s ‘flamingo revolution’ has any say in it

Hundreds of thousands have taken to the streets to block the Trump-Kushners’ plans to build on a nature reserve. But they’re not the only billionaires acting as if the whole world was for sale, writes Arwa Mahdawi

International Business Times UK

'They Took My Land': Elderly Albanian Man Crushed After Losing Hard-Earned Home to Kushner-Linked Resort

An 81-year-old Albanian man and fellow villagers contest land ownership linked to a Kushner-associated resort project, intensifying unresolved property disputes from Albania's communist era.

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