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These mountains in Albania kept this giant underground lake hidden for centuries; now it's the world's largest underground thermal lake

For years, people living near the Albanian-Greek border had little reason to suspect that an immense body of warm water lay concealed beneath the mountains around them. The landscape gave away only small hints. Steam drifted from fissures in the limestone. Mineral springs surfaced in scattered locations. Beneath those signs,…

The Times of India

‘We want a new Albania’: protests against Jared Kushner-backed resort turn anger on government

Opposition to plans for ‘small paradise’ island of Sazan becomes wave of dissent against establishment

The Guardian - UK

What to know about opposition in Albania to a Trump family-linked resort development

A coastal development project in Albania linked to Jared Kushner is facing widespread resistance

AAP

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Inside Sazan: The idyllic Adriatic island eyed up by Ivanka Trump that sparked the ‘flamingo revolution’

IN FOCUS: After Ivanka Trump revealed plans for a real estate project on Sazan Island, Albanians took to the streets to object to the luxury tourism development in protests that have since swelled into mass anti-government demonstrations. Annabel Grossman travels to the rocky outcrop in the Mediterranean to see the…

The Independent UK

Scientists discover a hidden underground lake that may be the largest on Earth

Largest underground lake on Earth: Scientists have unearthed a colossal underground thermal lake, dubbed Lake Neuron, in southern Albania's Atmos Cave. This vast, turquoise body of water, measuring approximately 460 feet long, is now recognized as the world's largest known subterranean thermal lake.

The Economic Times

What to know about opposition in Albania to a Trump family-linked resort development

A coastal development project in Albania linked to Jared Kushner is facing widespread resistance

AAP

Why Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner’s luxury resorts are exactly the type of tourism Albania does not need

TRAVEL INSIDER: Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner’s luxury resort plans are facing mounting protests in Albania, as debate grows over who tourism should really benefit. Annabel Grossman reports from Vlorë in the latest Travel Insider newsletter

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Albania's PM Edi Rama in Berlin: Europe today needs courage for enlargement

Is Europe ready for its next Helmut Kohl moment? Albania's PM Edi Rama makes his case in Berlin

Euronews

Albanians welcome tourism but refuse to tolerate Trump/Kushner luxury resorts: ‘We don’t want to be Dubai’

Huge demonstrations have been held in Tirana in response to plans to build on one of the most important coastal ecosystems in Europe

The Independent UK

Albania's PM Edi Rama: Is Europe ready for its next Helmut Kohl moment?

In Berlin, once the symbol of a divided Germany and Europe, Albania’s Prime Minister Edi Rama delivered a speech on Europe's future. Rama called on Europe to seize a “Helmut Kohl moment”. Euronews reports on the speech, delivered at the German Committee on Eastern European Economic Relations.

Euronews

What to know about opposition in Albania to a Trump family-linked resort development

A coastal development project in Albania linked to Jared Kushner is facing widespread resistance

AAP

What Jared and Ivanka want, Jared and Ivanka get? Not if Albania’s ‘flamingo revolution’ has any say in it

Hundreds of thousands have taken to the streets to block the Trump-Kushners’ plans to build on a nature reserve. But they’re not the only billionaires acting as if the whole world was for sale, writes Arwa Mahdawi

The Guardian - UK

'They Took My Land': Elderly Albanian Man Crushed After Losing Hard-Earned Home to Kushner-Linked Resort

An 81-year-old Albanian man and fellow villagers contest land ownership linked to a Kushner-associated resort project, intensifying unresolved property disputes from Albania's communist era.

International Business Times UK

People in Albania: share your thoughts on the recent ‘not for sale’ protests

We’d like to hear from Albanians about how they view the protests against a planned luxury resort

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Albanian protests sparked by Ivanka Trump’s private island plan grow into huge anti-government demonstration

IN FOCUS: As protests in Tirana run into a sixteenth day, demonstrators grievances have swelled from environmental concerns prompted by Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner’s real estate plans to a demand for a complete change of government, reports Annabel Grossman in Albania

Euronews

Seaplanes: Greece-Albania link takes off, with more international routes planned

Hellenic Seaplanes is expanding its network, introducing new routes that will connect the city of Ioannina with Vlorë and Pogradec in neighbouring Albania.

Euronews

Albania assures EU its Kushner-linked tourism project will meet environmental standards

Albania has promised that a €1.4bn project linked to Donald Trump's son-in-law will meet EU environmental standards, Enlargement Commissioner Marta Kos said on Monday.

Euronews

Albania: mass protests against Trump son-in-law's tourism investment enters 14th day

Prime Minister Edi Rama is standing by the project, insisting he has no intention of backing down.

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What to know about the growing opposition to Trump family-linked resort in Albania

A massive coastal development project linked to Jared Kushner is facing resistance in Albania

France 24

Iran, Ukraine, Belfast & Albania’s ‘Flamingo Revolution’

In a week that began with President Trump pronouncing that a ceasefire extension was so close with Iran, two or three days max, and that would only take an hour to finalise. Hours later Tehran downed a US Apache helicopter off the Gulf of Oman with the crew rescued from…

Euronews

Albania protests escalate into diplomatic standoff with Iran

Protests in Albania over a Jared Kushner-backed resort project have sparked a diplomatic row with Iran. Prime Minister Edi Rama alleges that online campaigns supporting the protests are part of an Iranian-backed "hybrid war," while Iran denies the claims.

Euronews

Albania: thousands rally on 12th day of protests against Trump-linked resort

Thousands of protesters gathered in Tirana on 11 June for a twelfth consecutive day of demonstrations against a proposed luxury resort linked to Jared Kushner, warning that the project threatens Albania’s protected Vjosa-Narta wetlands.

The Guardian - UK

‘The birds will fly away’: can Albania’s flamingo revolution keep its wetlands free from Trumps and tourists?

A luxury resort backed by the US president’s family may be built on a wildlife-rich nature reserve in one of Europe’s poorest nations

AAP

What to know about the growing opposition to Trump family-linked resort in Albania

A massive coastal development project linked to Jared Kushner is facing resistance in Albania

The Independent UK

Bulletin world briefing: El Nino officially begins and could trigger hottest year ever

Trump threatens massive Iran escalation as tensions spiral Scientists warn El Nino has finally begun and could trigger hottest year on record Albania sees largest protest against Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump’s luxury resort International Chess Federation suspends Russia over events in occupied Ukraine Three Indian sailors killed in US…

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