Albania
The Flamingo Revolution
If completed, Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump’s $6 billion development project in Albania would permanently alter one of Europe’s most pristine protected landscapes. The controversy has sparked an unprecedented anti-corruption probe and mass protests that Albanians are calling the Flamingo Revolution.
Italy’s New Border
A year after Italy launched its costly plan to house migrants in Albania while their asylum claims are processed, the newly built reception centers are all but empty as Italian courts challenge their legality. But other European countries are eyeing the plan and wondering if it would work for them.