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Jared Kushner's Albania Headache: Flamingos, Contested Land and Cocaine

Dienstag, 11. August 2026 · 22 min

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Jared Kushner has been planning to build ultraluxury resorts in Albania for years. But the multi-billion dollar project has run into a string of controversies (wsj.com/real-estate/jared-kushner-albania-fb5d…). The development has triggered mass protests, calls for the Albanian prime minister to resign and a warning from the EU. On top of all that, WSJ’s Eliot Brown (wsj.com/news/author/eliot-brown?mod=WSJ_TJPOD) reports on a suspected gangster who sold Kushner and his partners a key piece of land (wsj.com/world/europe/jared-kushner-albania-she…). Jessica Mendoza (wsj.com/news/author/jessica-mendoza?mod=WSJ_TJ…) hosts.

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