Serbian parliament supports Kushner's project despite opposition

8/11/2025 6:19

Serbia's parliament adopted a law on Friday aimed at speeding up the development of a luxury compound in Belgrade leased to an investment company founded by Jared Kushner, U.S. President Donald Trump's son-in-law.



U.S.-based Affinity Global Development aims to build a hotel, apartments, shops and offices on the site of the former Yugoslav army headquarters - a plan that has prompted protests from Serbs who say the site should be preserved.



Many Serbs see the old headquarters, which were damaged in a 1999 NATO bombing campaign, as a tribute to those who died and a monument to Yugoslav-era modernist architecture, and opposed the signing of a 99-year lease deal with Affinity last year.



Some opposition politicians had argued that the law was unconstitutional but the ruling majority approved it without amendments and agreed that the law can come into effect before a legal deadline, which means that works may begin soon.