Flamingos, oligarchs and the Trumps: The battle for an untouched slice of the Mediterranean
Albania's coastline has become a hotspot for cheap European summer sojourns but as Ivanka Trump claims her Christopher Columbus moment locals are adamant that their island is not for sale.
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Inside Albania anger is brewing at a level not seen since the fall of Communism.
The people are protesting for the preservation of a free and fragile paradise.
They’re also protesting against an allegedly "corrupt" government with ties to oligarchs and the underworld, as well as one name in particular … Trump.
Albania's Zvërnec Peninsula is framed by picturesque, tree-covered mountains and, in the distance, is the small island of Sazan which sits like a fortress at the edge of the Adriatic Sea.
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