Fury over Jared Kushner’s Albania resort project threatens to engulf political elite
As protests in Tirana extend into a second week, they have escalated from opposition to two €5 billion (US$5.7 billion) planned resorts in ecologically sensitive areas linked to Jared Kushner into demands for the entire Albanian political establishment to step aside.
Anger erupted on the coast on May 30 when bulldozers moved into one of the sites, spreading to the capital two days later.
Every evening at 6pm since then, thousands of people have been gathering in a central square and marching...
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