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Thousands Rally in Belgrade Over Law Fast-Tracking Kushner-Linked Redevelopment

A fast-track law advances permits despite an active forgery probe.

BELGRADE, SERBIA - DECEMBER 31: The bombed Yugoslav Ministry of Defence building on December 31, 2010 in Belgrade, Serbia. The Yugoslav Ministry of Defence building still remains damaged after a NATO bombing at midnight on 29 April 1999, during the NATO bombing of Yugoslavia. Due to it's military importance,the building was bombed twice in the space of 15 minutes. Today, only a small undamaged portion of the building is used by the Ministry of Defence of Serbia. (Photo by Athanasios Gioumpasis/Getty Images)
People hold a banner that reads: "We do not give army headquarters" during a protest in front of a military complex that was partially destroyed in a NATO bombing campaign in 1999, after 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 President Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner, in Belgrade, Serbia, Tuesday, Nov. 11, 2025. (AP Photo/Darko Vojinovic)
Led by university students, people attend a protest in front of a military complex that was partially destroyed in a NATO bombing campaign in 1999, after 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 President Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner in Belgrade, Serbia, Tuesday, Nov. 11, 2025. (AP Photo/Darko Vojinovic)

Overview

  • Protesters on Tuesday formed a human chain around the bombed former army headquarters to oppose the newly passed legislation accelerating redevelopment.
  • Parliament approved the special law on Friday by 130–40, declaring the project urgent and streamlining administrative procedures.
  • Prosecutors are investigating suspected falsification of documents used to lift the site's cultural protection, and the project was suspended in May.
  • Affinity Global Development linked to Jared Kushner holds a 99-year lease to build a luxury hotel, apartments, shops and offices at the Generalstab site, with UAE developer Eagle Hills as a partner.
  • Many Serbs regard the 1999 NATO-bombed complex as a war memorial and architectural landmark, and opposition figures accuse President Aleksandar Vucic of courting U.S. favor as NIS remains under sanctions.