On the Albanian Adriatic coast, where fishing villages have endured for generations, a luxury development backed by American investor Jared Kushner has become the site of a prolonged civic reckoning. For more than one hundred days, Albanian citizens have taken to the streets to contest not merely a construction project, but a vision of national identity — who shapes it, who benefits from it, and at what cost to the land and its people. The conflict asks a question as old as modernity itself: when foreign capital arrives bearing transformation, who holds the right to consent.
Kushner's Albanian coastal project sparks mass protests over development plans
Violent clashes between protesters and police have occurred over 100 days of demonstrations, with direct confrontations between demonstrators and law enforcement.