{"id":78644,"date":"2025-05-16T19:22:39","date_gmt":"2025-05-16T17:22:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/?p=78644"},"modified":"2025-05-16T19:09:43","modified_gmt":"2025-05-16T17:09:43","slug":"vucic-denies-delays-or-forgery-in-kushners-project-in-belgrade","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/vucic-denies-delays-or-forgery-in-kushners-project-in-belgrade\/","title":{"rendered":"Vu\u010di\u0107 denies delays or forgery in Kushner\u2019s project in Belgrade"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Serbian President Aleksandar Vu\u010di\u0107 has denied any delays in the plans of Jared Kushner\u2019s company\u2014the son-in-law of U.S. President Donald Trump\u2014to build a luxury hotel on the site of the former Yugoslav Army General Staff complex in central Belgrade.<\/p>\n<p>Goran Vasi\u0107, acting director of the institution overseeing the property, was arrested on May 13 on suspicion of forging documents that led the Serbian government to revoke the cultural heritage protection status of the General Staff building.<\/p>\n<p>When asked about this by Bloomberg on Friday in Tirana, Vu\u010di\u0107 stated that \u201cthere was no forgery\u201d and added, \u201cwe will discuss it with everyone.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>On May 14, Serbia\u2019s organized crime prosecutor announced that Goran Vasi\u0107 had been questioned and\u2014according to the Institute\u2014had admitted to the offense he was charged with.<\/p>\n<p>Following these developments, Kushner\u2019s company, Affinity Partners, announced that the future of the luxury hotel project planned for the site of the former General Staff complex is now uncertain.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cToday, through the media, we learned that a former Serbian government official, with no connection to our company, is suspected of falsifying documents related to the cultural protection status for the \u2018Belgrade Square\u2019 project,\u201d the company said on May 15, adding that \u201cwe will investigate the situation and take appropriate steps.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The removal of the cultural heritage designation had cleared the way for Kushner\u2019s company to develop a luxury hotel and high-rise buildings on the site of a mid-20th-century modernist structure\u2014an initiative strongly opposed by Serbia\u2019s professional and architectural community.<\/p>\n<p>As reported by Bloomberg, Vu\u010di\u0107 compared the forgery allegations to those made in connection with the \u201cBelgrade Waterfront\u201d project, claiming that everyone is now proud of that development. Vu\u010di\u0107 added that Kushner\u2019s project is \u201cimportant for us.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>On May 15, 2024, the Serbian government signed an agreement with Kushner\u2019s company, Affinity Global Development, to \u201crevitalize\u201d the complex, granting the land under a 99-year lease.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Serbian President Aleksandar Vu\u010di\u0107 has denied any delays in the plans of Jared Kushner\u2019s company\u2014the son-in-law of U.S. President Donald Trump\u2014to build a luxury hotel on the site of the former Yugoslav Army General Staff complex in central Belgrade. 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