Serbia

Development abandoned after Serbian minister indicted over $500m project, in setback for Trump family empire Serbia’s authoritarian ruler has threatened reprisals after protesters and a prosecutor thwarted plans for a Trump Tower in Belgrade. In a rare setback for the Trump family’s global moneymaking campaign, the $500m development was abandoned after Monday’s indictment of a … Read more

Government established joint venture with Trump’s son-in-law in February 2024 to build hotel, apartments and museum complex The Serbian government has established a joint venture with a property development company owned by Donald Trump’s son-in-law, Jared Kushner, to develop a hotel complex in Belgrade, giving Serbia until next May to demolish the existing buildings, according … Read more

Student-led movement continues to demand political change as embattled president issues rare apology Tens of thousands of Serbians have gathered to commemorate victims of a fatal railway station collapse a year ago, a tragedy that galvanised anti-government sentiment that still threatens the embattled president, Aleksandar Vučić. A student-led movement organised the rallies in the country’s … Read more

As a radicalised generation presses its calls for political change, a debate has opened up over whether to join battle by the ballot box Midway through a 16-day, 250-mile (400km) march from Novi Pazar to Novi Sad, Inas Hodžić was still remarkably energetic. Like thousands of other Serbian students, he was making his way to … Read more

Serbian nationals also accused by Serbian police of defacing Jewish sites, as French officials investigate foreign interference Serbian police have arrested 11 people, accusing them of “inciting hatred” in France and Germany, and linking them to acts that include placing pigs’ heads near mosques and defacing Jewish sites. The arrests came days after French prosecutors … Read more