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One of the most important questions in Albania right now is also one of the least clearly answered: has construction at Zvërnec actually stopped? After two months of protests, an Albanian anti-corruption prosecutor inves…
When a quarter of a million Albanians filled the streets of Tirana on June 20 demanding the cancellation of a resort project linked to the Trump family, the question became unavoidable: what are Jared Kushner and Ivanka …
The Flamingo Revolution began on May 23, 2026, when residents and activists stood in front of bulldozers at Zvërnec. It is now one month later. One quarter of a million people have marched in Tirana. The European Parliam…
If you are reading this for the first time and know nothing about Albania, this article is written for you. In May 2026, something extraordinary began on a small beach on the Albanian Adriatic coast. Activists stood in f…
The deal that set Albania on fire was not made in a parliament. It was not put to voters. It was not advertised, consulted on, or submitted to any environmental review before it began moving. It was made on a yacht, refi…
To understand why hundreds of thousands of people are in the streets, you have to understand what is actually in the land being cleared. This is not empty wasteland being converted to productive use. This is one of the m…
To understand why Albanians are in the streets, you need to understand the man they are protesting against. Edi Rama was once seen as a symbol of hope — an artist, a reformer, a modern face for a post-communist society t…
Understanding the Kushner resort deal in full requires understanding a shift in Albanian foreign policy that most international observers have missed: how Edi Rama's government transformed Albania from a country with tra…
Prime Minister Edi Rama has tried to paint the protest movement as radical, manipulated, and extreme. Let's look at what the protesters actually want — because the five demands are among the most reasonable democratic re…
Sazan Island sits at the entrance to Vlora Bay on Albania's Adriatic coast, a few kilometres from the tip of the Karaburun Peninsula. For most of its recent history, ordinary Albanians could not go there. The communist r…
Today, 20 June 2026, the Save Albania movement enters a decisive day. International reporting already confirms that the protests over the Kushner-linked Sazan and Vjosa-Narta development have moved far beyond a local env…
The protests are powerful because they speak in the oldest Albanian language: honour, home, land, sea and memory. The eagle, the red flag, the songs, the families in the square, the students, the elderly, the diaspora vo…
Albania is history, nature, land, sea and people.
Let's protect what matters. For today and for tomorrow.