Why Ivanka Trump’s island has sparked mass protest in Albania | The Global Story

In the centre of Albania’s capital, Tirana, thousands have been taking to the streets.

The targets of the protests are not just the government, but also Donald’s Trump daughter, Ivanka, and her husband, Jared Kushner.

The pair have been working on a new multi-billion dollar luxury tourism project that will see part of Albania’s unspoiled coast turned into luxury hotels and villas, sparking what some have dubbed the, ‘Flamingo Revolution’’, due to risk to the local flamingo population.

We speak to Emily Wither, the reporter behind the BBC documentary, ‘Albania: Land, Money and Sea’, about how a stretch of Albanian coastline has become the latest battleground in the Trump family’s global business ambitions.

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00:00 Introduction
00:53 Huge flamingo revolution protests in Tirana
01:56 How Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner helped spark protests
03:39 Why they want to invest in Albania
05:48 The scale of their proposed development
09:39 What is on the island they want to develop?
11:39 The Albanian Government’s position and economic impact
14:40 Why groups oppose the development project
16:14 Possible impact on Albania’s joining the EU
18:30 Kushner’s history in the Balkans
19:21 Local land disputes
21:50 Parallels with the Gaza Riviera Project
23:30 The target of the protests