Protesters, police clash in Albania over Trump-linked project
Albanians have protested for over 100 days against a planned luxury hotel linked to Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump.
Police in the Albanian capital, Tirana, clashed with protesters and blocked them from reaching parliament as the latest rally against a luxury development linked to US President Donald Trump’s family turned violent.
Tuesday’s march came as parliament resumed following summer recess and one day after the demonstrations marked their 100th day. Demonstrators challenged a police cordon in the centre of the capital, pelting officers in riot gear with eggs and tomatoes.
Since late May, angry Albanians have rallied against the planned construction of a vast luxury hotel in a coastal nature reserve, a project linked to Trump’s daughter, Ivanka, and her husband Jared Kushner.
Preliminary work has already caused irreparable damage to a once-pristine stretch of Albania’s coast, destroying the nesting sites of both birds and loggerhead turtles, which are threatened with extinction, scientists and activists say.