Kushner’s Saudi-backed firm is a major investor in the Albanian developments. Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call/Zuma
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It is the jewel of the Adriatic. Its shimmering waters feed a rare colony of Dalmatian pelicans, the world’s largest freshwater birds, sustain the endangered Albanian water frog, and host loggerhead turtles on its encircling dunes. The Nartë lagoon is at the heart of the extensive
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