What was the reason for that?

Yes.

So most of the times the environment, uh, protests in the Western Balkan are not standalone issues, most often involve, uh, different cases of corruption or foreign interference.

Because you mentioned the lithium mining, it was also done by, um, Rio Tinto, which is a multinational conglomerate, so it was also involved with the exploration of the Serbian national resources.

And here as well we can see this foreign interference angle as well because, as I mentioned before, the company which is transforming this national park is connected to the sitting US president.

And even Edi Rama, the prime minister, framed the issue as, "Yes, this is a great tourist opportunity for Albania as well, and also it's a great connection which ties stronger ties between Albania and the United States because with this investment, we are commercializing our relations as well." And we can see this as well.

And corruption happens because- The law on natural protection sites of Albania was amended in 2024 that such resorts or luxury hotels, five stars or more, can be built in these sites if meet certain requirements.

But the environmental prote- protection protests were very successful.