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TIRANA, Albania \u2014 A massive coastal development project linked to Jared Kushner, the son-in-law of U.S. President Donald Trump, is facing growing resistance from protesters in Albania.<\/p>\n

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The government says the development on the Adriatic coast would be transformational for the former communist nation as it seeks to enter the high-end tourism market and pushes for European Union membership.<\/p>\n

But the venture, spanning an abandoned island and a nearby stretch of seafront on Albania’s southern coast, has drawn opposition from environmental campaigners and critics of long-time Socialist Prime Minister Edi Rama.<\/p>\n

Kushner and Ivanka Trump found the site on a barefoot hike<\/h3>\n

The luxury project has two components: a coastal development in the Narta Lagoon area, which is a wildlife reserve, and a smaller resort on the nearby uninhabited island of Sazan, a communist-era military base.<\/p>\n

The planned development of hotels, apartments, villas and a marina is linked to Kushner and Trump’s daughter, Ivanka Trump.<\/p>\n

In an interview this week with U.S. podcaster David Senra, Ivanka Trump said they discovered the site by accident.<\/p>\n

“We were on a friend’s boat, and we stopped for a swim. Effectively, that’s how we found it,” she said. “We swam to the island. We went on a hike, barefoot all the way up to the top, and we were just captivated.”<\/p>\n

An investment firm linked to Kushner has been granted special investor status by Albanian authorities.<\/p>\n

Harsh rule, pristine beaches<\/h3>\n

Albania has 450 kilometers (280 miles) of coast that remained largely underdeveloped during decades of harsh communist rule.<\/p>\n

Protest groups fear the sections of that pristine coastline could be snapped up by powerful investors. And public anger grew after video showed an activist being dragged by a private security guard while demonstrating at the site.<\/p>\n

The development is planned within a nature reserve and one of Albania’s most valuable biodiversity areas, a key stopover for migratory birds along the Adriatic coast.<\/p>\n

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Protesters have carried cardboard cut-outs of pink flamingos, one of the protected migratory bird species, at rallies in the capital Tirana.<\/p>\n

Since late May, excavators and other heavy machinery have entered the area, opening access routes, digging into the sand, clearing land among pine trees and installing fencing.<\/p>\n

Environmental groups from Albania and elsewhere in Europe condemned the work, with one prominent local group charging that long-protected habitats are being “irreversibly destroyed.”<\/p>\n

A multi-billion dollar bonanza?<\/h3>\n

Albania’s state anti-corruption agency has confirmed it opened an investigation related to the project but has not disclosed details.<\/p>\n

The government says the land earmarked for the project is privately owned. But competing claims have emerged questioning the privatization \u2014 a common type of legal dispute.<\/p>\n

Rama has committed to the venture, saying it would align with Albania’s ambition to become a major global tourism destination.<\/p>\n

“Albania should not be a country that fears an extraordinary project like this one, where exceptional partners have come together to invest 4 billion euros ($4.6 billion),” Rama said.<\/p>\n

He added: “There is no chance for this investment to stop as long as I am here.”<\/p>\n

However, the demise of a similar project in Serbia offers a cautionary tale. In November, Serbia’s Parliament passed a special law to enable the building of a luxury complex in the capital, Belgrade, to be financed by an investment company linked to Kushner.<\/p>\n

The following month, Serbia’s prosecutor for organized crime charged four people, including a government minister, with abuse of office and falsifying of documents to help pave the way for the development.<\/p>\n

Kushner later withdrew from the planned multi-million investment that would have replaced a sprawling bombed-out military complex, a designated heritage zone whose legal protection was lifted by the former officials now on trial.<\/p>\n

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