By David Swanson, World BEYOND War, June 7, 2026
Some inspiring news from Albania.
From Common Dreams on June 3:
As President Donald Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner moves forward with plans to build a luxury resort on one of the last untouched parts of the Mediterranean coast, thousands of Albanians have taken to the streets in protest. On Tuesday evening, a throng gathered outside the office of Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama in the capital Tirana, holding inflatable flamingos and signs reading “Nation is not for sale” and “I don’t want Albania like Dubai,” Reuters reported. Kushner’s investment firm, Affinity Partners, is seeking to build a €1.4 billion ($1.6 billion) resort on the uninhabited island of Sazan and around 10,000 hotel rooms and villas along a stretch of coastline near the protected wetland of Vjosa-Narta. . . . Activists have said bulldozers have begun tearing through the coastline and gravel has already been dumped on age-old sand dunes—damage that could take hundreds of years to repair. Meanwhile, a large barbed-wire fence has been erected, blocking public access to the beach.
From Alarabia on June 7:
Thousands of people rallied Saturday in the Albanian capital and hundreds in a protected nature reserve on the country’s coast to protest plans for a luxury beach resort by a company linked to the Trump family. Answering a call from environmental organizations, activists from across the country and local residents flocked at midday to the Vjosa-Narta lagoon, around 150 kilometers (90 miles) southwest of the capital Tirana. It was the latest in a series of protests against a project whose cost is estimated at around four billion euros ($4.6 billion), linked to US President Donald Trump’s daughter Ivanka Trump and her husband Jared Kushner. “The whole of this marine area is a protected zone. To destroy it would be fatal for this region’s biodiversity,” one protester, Emiljona Puja, a finance worker, told AFP. Protesters gathered on a sandy beach facing azure waters, some waving red Albanian flags, others carrying inflatable flamingos — the movement’s symbol — while chanting: “Cancel the project!” Later in central Tirana, crowds staged the biggest demonstration yet against the project, marching to the government headquarters with placards reading: “Ivanka go home” and “Albania is not for sale,” AFP reporters saw. Unrest broke out in the reserve during an initial protest in late May against preparatory onsite work during installation of barbed wire to cordon off the area. The barbed wire has since been removed. People rushed there after seeing videos on social media showing construction work and bulldozers on the beach. Those machines were not there on Saturday either. AFP journalists observed concrete foundations for a fence on the ground that had also been removed.
From Vox on June 7:
The wave of protests continues in the country, where citizens and organizers have demanded the resignation of Prime Minister Edi Rama, while announcing that rallies will be held every day at 6:00 PM. With the slogan “Albania is not for sale”, participants are taking to the squares every afternoon, expressing dissatisfaction with the government and opposing the investment project in the Zvërnec area. According to the organizers, the gathering will start at Skanderbeg Square, while protesters will then march towards the Prime Minister’s Office. “Our voice, our dignity, our future” is the slogan being used to invite citizens to join the daily rallies.
17 Responses
I pray that people from other countries can assist Albania in fighting this invasion of the country and such destruction of natural land and habitats. Money cannot replace such beautiful places and big development is not beauty except to the billionaire class.
This family only knows how to destroy the environment for the almighty $ beauty in its natural state must be preserved.
I praise the Albanians for their stand. It is a welcome example for the world to see, as is Iran’s resistance to murderous Israel. Let us pray the good, moral and ethical people of the world defeat this long growing evil on our planet. I hope they develop a legit place to make donations by those willing to fund their fight. I cannot forget what the billionaire Epstein class did to our beloved senator, Thomas Massie.
Cheers to Albania’s for standing up to protect the Environment in which we live and breathe!
Trump’s family are VIOLATORS of life. KEEP THEM OUT! Yippee for you ALBANIA
keep their destruction and money from destroying all that is good there for a the few
rich and powerful GREEDY almost non-human beings.
whoever in your government gave them the ok.. GET THEM to STOP..
Remind them that that train is coming down the track for them too
Get a conscious . Ask if they are being paid off. HOW MUCH MONEY DID the TRUMP family give them.. Transparency in government , integrity instead of self serving.. get rid of the corrupt person if he will not stop it.
THIS is what it will take to dismantle the empire at home: resolute, united, sustained, determined action that will not be bought off by mere reforms or threats.
Trumps game ks garbage now. He is a war monger. Such a project would be a disaster. Kudus to Alabamians. These idiots want to ethnically cleanse Gaza for another resort for billionaires.
Keep up the protest Albanians! ‘This family has no respect for the environment, the flora and fauna nor for the people of the land they “invade! It is all about prestige and money!
It’s true for the zionist family put your foot for one, and afterwards you take the all country.
Victory ✌️ for the Albinan people
I support the people of Albania who are trying to save their beloved uninhabited island that serves as a nature reserve. Shame on Ivanka Trump and Jared Kurshner for their presumed entitlement. Their grifting continues with the help of greedy people of power. The Island was and is not for sale. It belongs to the Albanian people.
Kick out the war criminals out of Albania.
Mr Albania President
The people of the world and especially people of Albania expect you to preserve nature for the worlds Population.
Please don’t give in to the so called Super Rich and especially the USA supported power and money hungry xxxxxx
Praying for albanin people. May they achieve what they want and also be an inspiring example for the world
It seems the destruction of the natural world in search of profit is not only the aim of the father but of the whole Trump family
Kushner, the UAE and the Trumps are disgusting oligarchs. They are some of the true evils in this world that common people need to seriously fight back.
Viva Albania. Wish Americans would rise to your level and call for an end to the corruption, greed and warmongering that is threatening Canada as well.
Fair play to the Albanians. More power to you. Keep the fight going the next step for these self serving idiots is taking over your country. They are entitled war mongers who have no respect for the environment or for people