Albanians continued to protest on Saturday (June 13) against a planned luxury resort backed by a company linked to Jared Kushner, the son-in-law of U.S. President Donald Trump.

The streets of Tirana were filled with crowds waving Albanian flags and carrying various flamingo props.

The project is meant to be developed on an environmentally sensitive part of the Adriatic coast, the Vjosa-Narta protected landscape - a wetland home to flamingos, seals and sea turtle nesting sites.

Animal conservation group PPNEA Bird Life Albania have said if the project will go ahead there is a risk the flamingos will disappear.

Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama, who championed the luxury resort deal in an interview with Reuters this week, asserts that the development is legal and that habitats would be protected.

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TIRANA, ALBANIA (JUNE 13, 2026) (REUTERS - Access All)

1. VARIOUS DRONE SHOTS OF CROWDS DEMONSTRATING ON STREET (MUTE) (NIGHT SHOTS)

2. VARIOUS OF DEMONSTRATORS WAVING FLAGS AT PROTEST

3. WOMAN HOLDING DOG

4. PERSON WEARING ALBANIAN NATIONAL FLAG

5. DEMONSTRATORS CLAPPING

6. (SOUNDBITE) (English) ARBA HOXHA, 29, ALBANIAN LIVING IN SWEDEN, SAYING:

"I have felt more and more heartbroken every day and I felt the need to come to my country, and to give my voice here as well. Because I think that everyone here wants to be here. And it has a purpose, and the purpose is for everything to be better, and for us to make Albania better."

7. (SOUNDBITE) (English) RON ELLINGTON, 63, FROM ALASKA, SAYING:

"I think corruption exists everywhere, my country in particular. And it's always the same thing, a small percentage of people who own everything have all of the power and they abuse it. And I think it's time for the Albanian people to stand up. That's why I'm here, to support them."

8. (SOUNDBITE) (English) VINCENS BUSHI, 33, SOFTWARE ENGINEER, SAYING:

"We're talking about the corruption and of course, this is the first moment. The youth in here, is just raising against this politics. It's not just the current government in general. Albania never left communism. This is the chance, and that's why we're here."

9. VARIOUS OF DEMONSTRATORS CLAPPING AND CHANTING

10. PERSON WEARING INFLATABLE FLAMINGO HAT MOVING THROUGH CROWD

11. VARIOUS OF DEMONSTRATORS HOLDING PLACARDS

12. VARIOUS OF DEMONSTRATORS CLAPPING AND CHANTING

13. VARIOUS DRONE SHOTS OF CROWDS DEMONSTRATING ON STREET (MUTE) (NIGHT SHOTS)