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Episode 159: Albania imposes high fines on “Flamingo Revolutionaries”

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Albania introduces fines of more than $6000 for demonstrators. Yet thousands continue their protests across Albania in what has become known as the “Flamingo Revolution”. Initially sparked by opposition to a large-scale luxury tourism project linked to Jared Kushner, the son-in-law of US President Donald Trump. What began as a campaign to protect the ecosystem and wildlife has broadened into a wider protest movement targeting Prime Minister Edi Rama’s government over corruption, accountability and the country’s political direction.

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