Update: On 15 December 2025, Jared Kushner’s company Affinity Partners announced that “since significant projects should unite, not divide and out of respect for the citizens of Serbia and the City of Belgrade”, it would withdraw from the project at this time. Legal proceedings against Minister Nikola Selaković and other public officials are still ongoing.
The case of the General Staff buildings in downtown Belgrade has recently become one of the main political issues in Serbia. The Government plans to demolish the buildings and lease the area to a construction company owned by Jared Kushner, the son-in-law of US President Donald Trump. The project envisions a hotel, residential buildings, and a small memorial to the victims of the 1999 NATO bombing of Serbia, during which the General Staff buildings were heavily damaged.
