US EditionSerbia Approves Trump Tower on NATO-Bombed Military Site
Serbian parliament fast-tracked a $500 million luxury redevelopment of a bombed military site led by Kushner's firm despite protests and ongoing forgery investigations.
- On November 4, Serbia's parliament approved Lex Specialis with a 130-40 vote to fast-track the General Staff site redevelopment, declaring it a national priority and expediting state procedures.
- The Serbian government earlier stripped the buildings of protected status and signed a 99-year lease with Affinity Global Development, while prosecutors arrested a culture official for forged documents and Goran Vasic admitted fabricating an expert opinion.
- The $500-million project targets the General Staff site, former Yugoslav Army headquarters, designed by Nikola Dobrovic, with plans for a 175-room hotel and retail spaces.
- Hundreds of protesters rallied outside the Serbian parliament, accusing the government of corruption, while opposition parliamentary deputy Biljana Dordevic warned works could start next week and citizens would try to stop demolitions.
- Amid those debates, President Aleksandar Vucic argues the project will boost Belgrade's regional status and ties with the U.S., while heritage groups and the European Commission warn of rule-of-law erosion.
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The former military headquarters complex has been stripped of its cultural protection status.
The Serbian parliament has passed a controversial law that will allow the company of US President Donald Trump's son-in-law, Jared Kushner, to build a luxury hotel on the site of the former headquarters of the Yugoslav Ministry of Defense.
Serbia passes bill enabling Jared Kushner to build luxury compound despite opposition
Serbian lawmakers on Friday passed a special law clearing the way for a controversial real estate project that would be financed by an investment company linked to Donald Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner despite widespread public opposition and legal hurdles.
Serbian lawmakers approve luxury Trump hotel on historic bombing site - The Boston Globe
The Serbian parliament approved a new law Friday to tear down an architectural landmark that NATO bombed in 1999, stripping it of cultural protections and clearing the way for President Trump's family to replace it with a luxury hotel.
The Serbian Parliament adopted a special law on Friday allowing a luxury hotel to be built in Belgrade on the ruins of the former NATO Yugoslav bombed army headquarters in 1999. The opposition accused the power to sacrifice historical memory "only to please Donald Trump", while the government claims that the project will consolidate relations with Washington.
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