Flamingo-Revolution
The 2026 protest cycle that developed into the Flamingo Revolution began with protests by residents of Baks-Rrjoll in northern Albania on 2 February 2026 against the planned Blue Borgo resort and disputed land ownership. A second major front opened on 16 May at Zvërnec, near the Narta Lagoon, over preparatory works and proposed luxury tourism developments linked to the Sazan Island and Zvërnec resort project, backed by American investor Jared Kushner. Violence against protesters near the Zvërnec project site on 30 May became the immediate trigger for the movement's sustained daily phase in Tirana beginning the following day. The protests subsequently broadened from the Rrjoll and Zvërnec land and development disputes into a nationwide anti-government movement focused on corruption, land rights, protected areas, strategic-investment laws and political accountability, later spreading to other cities in Albania, Kosovo and Albanian diaspora communities abroad.