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In Trump's footsteps: Kushner's controversial Balkans deals
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Albania's parliament recently approved an amendment to the country's law on protected areas. The bill essentially paves the way for the economic development of such protected areas, despite warnings from environmental experts.
"Law 21/2024 allows the construction of 5-star mega-resorts in protected areas. In addition, according to the decision of the National Territorial Council, the construction of almost any other project is allowed and there are no more red lines," Mirjan Topi, an ecologist at the Agricultural University of Tirana, told DW.
"The new changes in the law no longer protect nature and protected areas in Albania," he added.
According to Topi, the amendment to the current law has been changed to facilitate Kushner's investments.
"It is very clear that the law has been predetermined because there is no other way to explain the rush of the parliamentary majority to adopt it. Before the law was [even] decreed by the president, concrete projects emerged," he said.
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https://www.dw.com/en/in-trumps-footsteps-kushners-controversial-balkans-deals/a-68689404
