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Street protests that observers are calling the largest Albania has seen since 1991 are putting direct pressure on Prime Minister Edi Rama's Socialist government—and on a $4 billion coastal resort project tied to Jared Kushner's investment firm Affinity Partners.
With the European Parliament now urging a construction halt and Rama's political footing visibly weakening, the episode is shaping up as a pointed test of foreign capital deployment in politically contested terrain.
The Investment at the Center of the Storm Affinity Partners is pursuing development of two resort properties along Albania's coastline that would together add roughly 10,000 hotel rooms and villas.
One site is Sazan Island, a former Soviet military base. The second is near Zvërnec, within the Vjosa-Narta protected landscape—habitat for monk seals, flamingos, and sea turtle nesting grounds.
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