Jared Kushner-backed luxury resort stokes days of protests in Albania

World Jared Kushner-backed luxury resort stokes days of protests in Albania By Emmet Lyons Emmet Lyons Producer Emmet Lyons is a news desk editor at the CBS News London bureau, coordinating and producing stories for all CBS News platforms. Prior to joining CBS News, Emmet worked as a producer at CNN for four years. Read Full Bio Emmet Lyons June 6, 2026 / 2:03 PM EDT / CBS News Add CBS News on Google TIRANA, Albania — Demonstrators rallied against a billion-dollar resort development in Albania linked to Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump for a seventh consecutive day on Saturday. Activists have dubbed it the "Flamingo Revolution," adopting the pink flamingo as a symbol of the wildlife they say will be destroyed if the project goes ahead.President Trump's son-in-law is among a group investors planning to transform Sazan Island — once a secret communist military base off Albania's Adriatic coast — into a luxury tourist destination. Hotels are also planned by the investors in surrounding areas in the Vjosa-Narta protected zone, which environmentalists say is rich with wildlife, including flamingo habitats. Protesters carry pink flamingo cutouts during a demonstration against plans for a resort linked to Jared Kushner, President Trump's son-in-law, on an environmentally sensitive part of the Adriatic coast, in Tirana, Albania, on Thursday, June 4, 2026. Atdhe Mulla/Bloomberg via Getty Images Ivanka Trump, the eldest daughter of Mr. Trump, referenced her and her husband's plans for the luxury resort while speaking to the "Founders" podcast last month. "I'm working on an incredible project with my husband in the Mediterranean," she said, before mentioning she and Kushner had "discovered" the island while sailing with friends."We swam to the island, we went on a hike, barefoot all the way up to the top, and we were just captivated," she said.Anger escalated sharply last month when excavators and bulldozers moved onto the site. Footage of an act...