US EditionSerbia organized crime prosecutors charge minister, others in connection with Kushner-linked project
Prosecutors allege abuse of office and document forgery to enable a $500 million luxury redevelopment by a Kushner-linked firm in a protected Belgrade heritage site.
- On Monday, Serbia's prosecutor for organized crime charged Culture Minister Nikola Selaković and three others with abuse of office and falsifying documents to aid a Kushner-linked Belgrade redevelopment.
- Last year, Serbia's government signed a 99-year lease with Kushner-linked Affinity Global Development, which confirmed plans to finance the $500 million project including a high-rise hotel, luxury apartments, offices and shops.
- Prosecutors allege they illegally lifted the site's protection by forging documentation at a mid-20th-century military complex in central Belgrade, a protected cultural heritage zone.
- Last month, Serbian lawmakers passed a special law clearing the way for construction despite the ongoing investigation, and President Aleksandar Vučić said he would pardon anyone convicted.
- The plan's U.S. links and political backing have provoked domestic and international concern as experts and the Serbian public oppose it, while anti-NATO sentiment in Serbia makes U.S. involvement sensitive.
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Successful protest in Serbia: Jared Kushner's investment firm Affinity Partners will not build a luxury hotel at a memorial site in Belgrade. President Vučić scolds for the »incitement of blockers«.
Kushner's Firm Drops Belgrade Project Amid Controversy
An investment company founded by Jared Kushner, the son-in-law of US President Donald Trump, has withdrawn from a planned $500 million hotel construction project in Belgrade amid a swirling controversy over the site, which was destroyed during the NATO bombing in 1999.
Trump's Son-in-Law Renounces the $500 Million Megaproject in the Ruins of the Yugoslav General Staff
Serbian Public Prosecutor for Organized Crime accuses the Minister of Culture and three other officials of abuse of power and falsification of documents to pave the way for construction Read
The abandonment by the company of Jared Kushner, son-in-law of US President Donald Trump, from building a hotel on the site of the General Staff complex is a signal that the ruling party and Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic has lost even a semblance of support from the US administration, the Serbia Center Party (SRCE) said in a statement.
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Independent EspañolBy JOVANA GEC BELGRADO (AP) — The Serbian Public Prosecutor for Organized Crime accused a government minister and three other people on Monday of abuse of power and falsification of documents to help pave the way for a real estate project linked to Jared Kushner, son-in-law of US President Donald Trump. Criminal charges are against Culture Minister Nikola Selaković, who is a close ally of autocratic President Aleksandar Vučić, and three other of…
Serbia's prosecutor files to indict minister in connection with Kushner project
BELGRADE, Dec 15 - Serbia's prosecutor on Monday filed an indictment against a minister over his role in removing the protected status as a site of cultural significance to allow for the development of a luxury compound by an investment company set up by Jared Kushner, the son-in-law of U.S. President Donald Trump. Read more at straitstimes.com.
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