Published on 6/21/2026
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Last update: 09:13 (Mecca time)
On Saturday, protests against a tourism project planned to be held in the Zvernik area of the city of Vlorë continued in the Albanian capital, Tirana, for the 21st day in a row.
Hundreds of Albanians participated in the demonstration, which was organized under the slogan “Albania is not for sale.”
Protesters gathered in Skanderbeg Square, protesting the sale of one of Zvernik’s beaches as part of a tourism project said to be linked to US President Donald Trump’s daughter, Ivanka Trump, and her husband, Jared Kushner.
The demonstrators marched to the Prime Minister’s Office, located on “Martyrs of the Nation” Street, carrying banners, slogans and Albanian flags.
Saturday’s demonstrations witnessed widespread participation from members of the Albanian community and expatriates coming from European countries several To support the popular movement.
After delivering speeches in front of the Prime Minister’s Office, the protesters continued their march through the streets of Tirana, stressing that their protest activities would continue on a daily basis until Prime Minister Edi Rama submitted his official resignation.
Albanian media recently reported that the Special (Exceptional) Prosecution had opened an investigation into the aforementioned project.
In previous statements to CNN, Prime Minister Edi Rama denied allegations that the Zvernik project belongs to the Trump family, and its cost is estimated at about $4 billion.
It is noteworthy that the police used water cannons to disperse the protesters in the first days of the demonstrations, which began on May 30 with the participation of thousands of people.
Since late May, demonstrators have come out every evening to object to the project, which includes building a luxury hotel, which is planned to be built on the land of a nature reserve.
The wave of demonstrations began after a barbed wire fence appeared around a quiet beach in the coastal area of Zvernik, about 100 kilometers southwest of the capital, Tirana.
