Albania’s flamingo protests take off as anger builds over Jared Kushner’s planned resort development

About this episode

The episode discusses the protests in Albania against a luxury resort development and examines Switzerland's population referendum, along with insights from Copenhagen's design festival.

Pro- and anti-government protests grip Albania as anger builds over a luxury resort development. Then: we examine Switzerland’s referendum on capping the population. And: Nic Monisse on Copenhagen’s design festival. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

People in this episode

Guest: Nic Monisse

Topics covered

• protests
• luxury resort development
• referendum
• population capping
• design festival

Keywords

• Albania
• Jared Kushner
• protests
• luxury resort
• Switzerland
• referendum
• Copenhagen
• design festival

Mentioned in this episode

Places: Albania, Switzerland

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