Thousands protest Jared Kushner-linked development on site of bombed-out Belgrade building

The Guardian 1 min read 3 hours ago

<p>Many in Serbia see the site – a former army headquarters damaged in a 1999 Nato bombing campaign – as a tribute to those who died</p><p>Thousands of people have protested against a plan to tear down a former army headquarters in the Serbian capital Belgrade to make way for a luxury hotel complex, as part of a project linked to US president Donald Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner.</p><p>The rally added to a <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/nov/01/huge-crowds-gather-to-commemorate-victims-of-serbian-train-station-disaster">spate of anti-government protests</a> putting pressure on president Aleksandar Vucic triggered by the <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/nov/01/roof-collapse-serbia-train-station-novi-sadhttps://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/nov/01/roof-collapse-serbia-train-station-novi-sad">collapse a year ago of a railway station roof</a> that killed 16 people.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/nov/12/jared-kushner-protest-belgrade-building-serbia">Continue reading...</a>
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