Unexploded ordnance: Sold to the Trump family: one of the last undeveloped islands in the Mediterranean

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https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jun/24/trump-family-kushner-undeveloped-island-mediterranean-sazan-albania

Sold to the Trump family: one of the last undeveloped islands in the Mediterranean

Ivanka Trump and her husband Jared Kushner have spent more than $1bn on an Albanian island that will be a luxury resort – once the unexploded ordnance has been removed

By Marzio Mian
Tue 24 Jun 2025 00.00 EDT
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I asked my guide about the signs warning of landmines. “Actually, they’re not exactly landmines,” he said. “This place is full of unexploded ordnance, there are still many areas that need to be cleared.” He pointed to a ravine on the eastern coast, where Affinity Partners wants to develop a significant part of the real-estate project that will span the entire surface of the island. “The [unexploded ordnance are] remnants of the 1990s,” Celaj went on, “when criminals attacked the island right under the noses of the military, looting the weapons and ammunition depots.” The enemy had come in the end, but in small makeshift vessels and speaking the same language as the soldiers.

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