For over six weeks massive protests have filled the streets in Albania against a luxury coastal development project led by US President Donald Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner and his wife Ivanka. The so-called Flamingo Revolution started as an environmental movement to protect wetland breeding grounds but has since evolved into a full-blown national uprising demanding the resignation of Prime Minister Edi Rama. Dajana, an activist in Tirana, explains explain how the fight over the Albania’s Vjosa-Narta coastline and Sazan Island has become a national reckoning over corruption and sovereignty. Watch full episodes of BT Live, join as a member at the link in our bio.

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