{"id":85017,"date":"2026-06-03T19:32:40","date_gmt":"2026-06-03T17:32:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/?p=85017"},"modified":"2026-06-03T19:32:40","modified_gmt":"2026-06-03T17:32:40","slug":"rama-responds-again-on-zvernec-it-is-not-the-eyes-that-see-but-the-mind","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/rama-responds-again-on-zvernec-it-is-not-the-eyes-that-see-but-the-mind\/","title":{"rendered":"Rama Responds Again on Zv\u00ebrnec: \u201cIt Is Not the Eyes That See, but the Mind\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-start=\"81\" data-end=\"360\">Prime Minister\u00a0Edi Rama\u00a0reacted once again on Wednesday to the ongoing debate and protests against the development project in\u00a0Zv\u00ebrnec, publishing a lengthy statement defending both the project and the investors involved.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-start=\"362\" data-end=\"412\"><strong>\u201cIT IS NOT THE EYES THAT SEE, BUT THE MIND\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-start=\"468\" data-end=\"707\">Two projects already completed by the very same co-investors behind the project that has shaken the enemies of a European Albania, the competitors of a Tourist Albania, blind Albanians who are being used as unwitting tools against Albania,<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-start=\"712\" data-end=\"909\">As well as honest and environmentally conscious Albanians who, unfortunately, have been manipulated by the hybrid warfare that is being aggressively waged on social media by enemies of our country.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-start=\"914\" data-end=\"1364\">This is how those who are now the legitimate buyers of the privately owned land in Zv\u00ebrnec understand development in harmony with nature. They are the well-known brothers from Qatar, who have paid for the property through bank transactions certified by Albanian and international institutions. They are also co-owners of the global conglomerate\u00a0Power International Holding, a major business force not only in the Middle East but far beyond.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-start=\"1369\" data-end=\"1649\">Anyone who wishes to learn more about their activities and about the two impressive developments shown here can visit the company\u2019s website and understand who is coming to this internationally renewed Albania, and why they could never come here to destroy, but only to elevate it.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-start=\"1654\" data-end=\"1873\">As for those who refuse to listen and understand, they will have to wait, just like those who once opposed the National Stadium project and later watched a European final in Tirana while taking selfies with the stadium.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-start=\"1878\" data-end=\"1888\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Prime Minister\u00a0Edi Rama\u00a0reacted once again on Wednesday to the ongoing debate and protests against the development project in\u00a0Zv\u00ebrnec, publishing a lengthy statement defending both the project and the investors involved. \u201cIT IS NOT THE EYES THAT SEE, BUT THE MIND\u201d Two projects already completed by the very same co-investors behind the project that has shaken [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":85018,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[153,1803],"tags":[243,151],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.7 - 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