
Edith Harxhi
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In tiny Albania, over a hundred thousand people have been in the streets against an environmentally disastrous luxury resort planned by Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner and his Qatari billionaire partners. This is what global oligarchy looks like — and the people are saying NO.






🇦🇱 Albania is emerging as a “real estate economy,” according to a World Bank analysis. 🇽🇰🇲🇪 Alongside Kosovo and Montenegro, growth is driven by tourism and property investment. Other Balkan states remain more focused on industry.




further protect government members from judicial measures. This caused a number of EU member states, led by Germany, to stop Albania’s advances in the EU accession talks; the EU Commission, as usual, had seen no problem in grand corruption and general democratic backsliding 3/5











Chris LaCivita is not registering to lobby for the conservative Albanian opposition. Its leader, Sali Berisha, retained Charlie Black (an ex-Paul Manafort partner) as a pro-bono FARA lobbyist for a few months in 2023 after being sanctioned by the US for "significant corruption."




Socialist MP Klotilda Bushka, who chairs the Legal Affairs Committe is also under investigation for tampering with justice. The mayor’s wife and several businessmen have placed under house arrest and other restrictions






