Protest in Albania's capital over luxury resort project linked to Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner

Описание: (1 Jun 2026)
RESTRICTION SUMMARY:

ASSOCIATED PRESS
Tirana, Albania - 1 June 2026
1. Various of protesters marching, carrying signs
2. Protesters holding signs
3. Protesters unwinding barbed wire to put around Ministry of Internal Affairs building
4. Protesters holding placards reading (English): "Hands off Vjosa-Narta" and (Albanian): "Why do we need a resort, I want Zvernec"
5. Mid of man chanting UPSOUND (Albanian) "Albania belongs to Albanians."
6. Protesters chanting UPSOUND (Albanian) "Resignation"
7. Mid of protester holding sign
8. Protesters marching
9. Various of protesters gathered
10. Protesters chanting
11. SOUNDBITE (Albanian) Klajdi Belo, activist:
"The situation in Narta (Lagoon) is that, in practice, we have a protected area, but above all, our state has allowed construction work to continue without consultation and without transparency regarding what is happening in some of the most beautiful areas, or in one of the last untouched regions of Europe."
12. Various of protesters, some holding signs
13. SOUNDBITE(Albanian) Arilda Lleshi, activist:
"There is great public outrage over what is happening in Albania, but the spark was what happened in Zvernec, which everyone saw on social media: an activist being dragged along the ground by several people wearing black shirts from a security company because he was protesting against a fence that had been installed there illegally."
14. Various of protesters
STORYLINE:
Thousands of people took to the streets of Tirana on Monday to protest against a luxury resort project linked to U.S. President Donald Trump's son-in-law, Jared Kushner.

The project is planned to be built on several hectares of the protected Vjosa-Narta coastal landscape in Zvernec and on the uninhabited Adriatic island of Sazan.

Protesters chanted, "Albania belongs to Albanians" while holding placards that read, "Hands off Vjosa-Narta."

"The situation in Narta (Lagoon) is that, in practice, we have a protected area, but above all, our state has allowed construction work to continue without consultation and without transparency," said Klajdi Belo, an activist who attended the demonstration.

Environmental NGOs have long raised concerns that the project could threaten the area's biodiversity and disrupt bird migration routes.

Public alarm grew in early May when excavators began clearing pine forests and dunes to open new access roads and construction sites.

Arilda Lleshi, who took part in the protest, said public outrage escalated after a video circulated on social media showing what she said was an activist being forcibly removed from the site.

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