Protests in Albania against Jared Kushner’s planned resort development in the country reached their largest size yet on Wednesday, Reuters reports, amid continued environmental concerns over the construction project that are upending the country’s politics.

Strategically situated where the Adriatic and Ionian Seas meet, a small rocky outcrop has once again become an object of desire for the wealthy and powerful.

In Albania, protests are intensifying against luxury developments on environmentally sensitive land. Demonstrators removed fencing at a site on the Adriatic coast, driven by dissatisfaction with projects linked to Jared Kushner.

As protests in Tirana extend into a second week, they have escalated from opposition to two €5 billion ($5.7 billion) planned resorts in ecologically sensitive areas linked to Jared Kushner into demands for the entire Albanian political establishment to step aside.

In a slickly produced podcast interview published this week, Ivanka Trump talked about her latest real-estate project – what she described as an “unbelievable, beautiful 1,400-hectare private island in the middle of the Mediterranean” plus five beautiful miles of Albanian beachfront intended to become resorts and hotels.

Ongoing environmental concerns over Jared Kushner’s planned resort developmen t in Albania could infringe on the Balkan country’s efforts to join the European Union, as European Commission officials in Brussels confirmed Tuesday they’ve warned the Albanian government the project could conflict with the EU’s environmental rules.

By Fatos Bytyci and Edward McAllister TIRANA, June 10 (Reuters) - Thousands took to the streets of Albania's capital Tirana on Wednesday in the largest demonstration yet against the development of a luxury resort planned by U.

A planned luxury development linked to Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner has sparked mass protests in Albania. Isa Soares reports.

By Edward McAllister TIRANA, June 8 (Reuters) - Albania will plough on with a luxury resort planned by Donald Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner on a remote stretch of Balkan coast despite persistent protests over its environmental impact,