VLORË is in the news as Albania’s Flamingo Revolution fuels protests over a planned resort linked to a U.S. official’s client family; a technocratic leader overseeing controversial development in Tirana’s orbit.
Thousands have been protesting nightly in Tirana and along Albania’s southern coast for more than a month against a multi‑billion‑euro resort project linked to Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump. Demonstrators have adopted flamingo symbols to oppose work inside the Vjosa‑Narta wetlands and on Sazan island and are demanding Prime Minister Edi Rama’s resignation amid clashes with police.