EU concerns grow over Albania's Trump-linked megaproject
Key takeaways
- A huge luxury resort on Albania's protected coast linked to Jared Kushner, son-in-law of US President Donald Trump, is sparking protests, environmental concerns and scrutiny as the country advances toward EU membership.
- Yet that is precisely what happened in the the Narta Lagoon area, a protected landscape on the country's southern coast.
- At the center of the dispute is the proposed Zvernec Peninsula development, a tourism project linked to Jared Kushner, the son-in-law of US President Donald Trump.
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A huge luxury resort on Albania's protected coast linked to Jared Kushner, son-in-law of US President Donald Trump, is sparking protests, environmental concerns and scrutiny as the country advances toward EU membership.
https://p.dw.com/p/5Enky Jared Kushner's proposed Zvernec Peninsula development would bring luxury tourism to a stretch of protected coastline in Albania Image: Hameraldi Agolli/AP Photo/dpa/picture alliance Advertisement Bulldozers, barbed-wire fences and security guards dragging protesters across the sand are not the images Albania hoped would dominate headlines just days after it received positive signals from Brussels over progress in its EU accession talks.
Yet that is precisely what happened in the the Narta Lagoon area, a protected landscape on the country's southern coast.