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Albania Is Not for Sale: Kushner's $4B Resort Triggers'Flamingo Revolution'

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Re: Albania Is Not for Sale: Kushner's $4B Resort Triggers'Flamingo Revolution'

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Post by partial225 »

pjc50 wrote: post #24

Somewhat higher stakes version of the Trump Aberdeen golf course: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-north-east-orkney-she... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Forbes_(farmer)

This led to the greatest trolling of an individual ever when they deliberately stuck a windfarm directly off the coast of his new golf course. He's spent a couple of decades spending countless millions in losing a bunch of court cases, and of course, to this day, constantly moans to anyone who will list about "windmills".

As far as trolling goes, it's one of the greatest achievements in the history of mankind.

Re: Albania Is Not for Sale: Kushner's $4B Resort Triggers'Flamingo Revolution'

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Post by tmaly »

ddorian43 wrote: post #7
jeffbee wrote: post #2

Are we sure they're not just negotiating over the price?

Yes. The whole bought media, party in-power, the opposition are against the protests and are trying to downplay them. Source: I live there. It's very easy to tell if you do.

Is the project more of a private residence or something that would bring tourism to the local economy?

Re: Albania Is Not for Sale: Kushner's $4B Resort Triggers'Flamingo Revolution'

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Post by mothballed »

pjc50 wrote: post #28
jeffbee wrote: post #14

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I'll take your word for it! But I reflexively add "... at this price" to such statements.

People really don't get the idea of intangible cultural heritage and irreplaceable wetlands, do they? Not everything and everyone is for sale.

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Re: Albania Is Not for Sale: Kushner's $4B Resort Triggers'Flamingo Revolution'

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Post by frereubu »

1over137 wrote: post #33
totetsu wrote: post #19

I wonder how many more things like this are happening under the radar around the world

This is hardly under the radar, it’s all over the news.

They mean an attempt like this, but one that they manage to keep quiet and out of the press.

Re: Albania Is Not for Sale: Kushner's $4B Resort Triggers'Flamingo Revolution'

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Post by pavel_lishin »

1over137 wrote: post #33
totetsu wrote: post #19

I wonder how many more things like this are happening under the radar around the world

This is hardly under the radar, it’s all over the news.

I wonder, if I asked the next dozen people I meet, whether they would have any idea about this.

Re: Albania Is Not for Sale: Kushner's $4B Resort Triggers'Flamingo Revolution'

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Post by mcmcmc »

guywithahat wrote: post #35
totetsu wrote: post #19

I wonder how many more things like this are happening under the radar around the world

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Protected environmental zone != normal tourist area. Crazy to post Fox News though, it is legally entertainment so has no obligation to report the facts.

Re: Albania Is Not for Sale: Kushner's $4B Resort Triggers'Flamingo Revolution'

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Post by ddorian43 »

tmaly wrote: post #32
ddorian43 wrote: post #7

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Yes. The whole bought media, party in-power, the opposition are against the protests and are trying to downplay them. Source: I live there. It's very easy to tell if you do.

Is the project more of a private residence or something that would bring tourism to the local economy?

There are 2 projects here. And there is a lot of missing details from both.

But what has happened before is that:

The government gives free/cheap/exclusive public land to someone to build apartments/villas. They sell these to whoever wants to buy before starting construction. At the end of construction, with the profits, they build nice hotels at the frontline and keep for themselves without investing any of their own money in anything.

So they will most likely build apartments in Narta, sell them to the populace, and keep Sazan for themselves as luxury resort.

Something worse than this has started happening for high rises too, where they start selling before getting the permit even. So they don't invest their own money even to get the initial permit to start building.

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