Revealed: Serbian Ruler’s Secret Role in ‘Illegal’ Effort to Help Trump Business
Leaked documents and testimony say officials were pressured to strip protections from a historic Belgrade site for a $500 million Trump-branded project.
- A Thursday investigation by The Guardian revealed Serbian President Aleksandar personally pressured heritage officials to clear the way for a $500 million Trump-branded tower in Belgrade.
- The project sought to convert a former Yugoslav military headquarters into a hotel and residential tower through a proposed 99-year lease arrangement for Jared Kushner's company.
- Finance Minister Siniaa Mali and Aleksandar reportedly demanded officials resign after they refused to bypass legal requirements; Serbia revoked the building's protected status ten days after the 2024 presidential election.
- Criminal indictments filed last December against Culture Minister Nikola Selakovi led The Trump Organization to abandon the project, as Aleksandar denounced prosecutors as a 'corrupt gang.'
- With The October election approaching, the court postponed a witness hearing regarding Aleksandar until after voters cast their ballots, amid public protests over government corruption.
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The Trump Tower project in Belgrade has become the focus of a criminal case for abuse of power and a political dispute in Serbia. An investigation by The Guardian claims that Aleksandar Vucic personally chaired a meeting to discuss removing the protected status of the General Staff building to make way for a $500 million hotel and residential tower project. The land in central Belgrade was given to Jared Kushner’s company for a 99-year rent-free…
Serbia's authoritarian leader, Aleksandar Vučić, intervened personally to promote an alleged illegal plan to surrender a protected site in Belgrade to build a Trump Tower, reveals The Guardian.
Aleksandar Vučić personally took steps to secure the Trump family's real estate investment in Belgrade, the Guardian revealed a few days before the Serbian elections. According to documents obtained by the British newspaper, the Serbian president summoned the heads of the monument protection agency in February 2024 and instructed them to remove the monument protection of the former headquarters building of the Yugoslav army. This was the buildin…
Serbia's president, Aleksandar Vucic, would have intervened personally to facilitate a $500 million real estate project associated with the Trump family, which provided for the construction of a hotel and a residential complex on the site of the former Belgrade General Staff, a protected building as a historical monument. An investigation published by The Guardian, based on documents and testimony, claims that the Serbian leader would have put p…
Alexander Vuccic pressured officials for Jared Kouchner ' s project in Serbia; the Minister of Culture was charged and his brother-in-law Trump ' s company suspended the project.
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online-listing.comRevealed: Serbian ruler’s secret role in ‘illegal’ effort to help Trump business
Serbia's president personally intervened in an allegedly illegal scheme to remove protected status from a historic Belgrade building for a Trump tower project, newly revealed documents show, leading to criminal charges against senior regime officials.
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