Interview: Ivan Simić, architect

The way out is in the "green infrastructure" of the city

"Instead of preserving its coasts and former industrial areas as the most precious resource for the development of green infrastructure, processes are underway that can permanently threaten the urban ecosystems of the city and prevent the successful development of the green network. The way in which the expansion of Belgrade on the water is planned, which, contrary to the planning system of the city, aggressively appropriates and privatizes the Sava coast is of particular concern. If this process is implemented, we are in danger of finally losing the coastal areas that are key to the development of green infrastructure, and therefore the ability to we are adapting to climate change"

Last day for submission of appeals

More than 10.000 objections from citizens arrived for the expansion of Belgrade on the water

The expansion of the Belgrade on Water project has caused a new wave of resistance among citizens and activists. Several thousand complaints were sent to the authorities due to, as the applicants claim, unplanned, harmful and illegal encroachments in the very center of the city. The public demands that the commission listen to the voice of citizens and stop further expansion of the project

Urbanism

The citizens of Belgrade have 8000 objections against the new plan of Belgrade on the water

The organization Belgrade remains with 15 city councils, Kreni-Promeni and Green-Left Front have collected more than 8000 objections to the new plan of Belgrade on the water, and tomorrow they will submit them to the Spatial Planning Agency

Planning

What city does Siniša Mali live in?

Belgrade is developing according to the citizens, announced Siniša Mali and listed the plans that these same citizens do not think well of

Megalomania

All the metastases of Belgrade are on the water

It started from "only" one hundred hectares. To date, Belgrade on the water has quintupled in size, and may continue to expand. "Vreme" brings everything about the history of this megalomaniacal project of Aleksandar Vučić and its metastases

Belgrade on water

The presentation of the expanded Belgrade on the water is the latest way of suppressing dialogue

About 400 citizens came to the presentation of Belgrade's water expansion plan, so the organizers divided them into six groups over two days, even though there are also large halls in the Palace of Justice. Citizens believe that this is a limitation of their rights

Urbanism

Belgrade on the water: Flats in the sun, school under the bridge

The public inspection of the draft plan, according to which the future residential area of ​​Belgrade on the water will replace the Belgrade Fair, and according to which the school and kindergarten will be located in an area without enough sunlight, is in progress.

Urbanism

Silencing citizens during public discussions about projects like Expo

The amendment to the Rulebook on the procedure for drawing up plans abolishes the presence of citizens at public hearings. Instead it introduces digital. The Ministry of Space says that this is a "dangerous practice of introducing silence where there should be a public dialogue"

Interview: Djordje Miketic

The fight to keep the living from walling us off

"We are ready to defend the city with bodies, but it must be with a clear plan and strategy."

New issue of "Vremena"

"Belgrade remains": The battle against the urban tsunami

Ten years after it was formally announced, the "Belgrade on Water" project is expanding faster than ever. Đorđe Miketić, civil activist and one of the initiators of the initiative "Belgrade Remains", talks about the "urbicide" in Belgrade in the new issue of "Vremena".

Public inspection

Belgrade on the water demolishes the Fair and reaches Terazi

If the proposed plan is adopted, Belgrade on the water will stretch from Terazije Terrace to Ada Ciganlija and to New Belgrade, and the Belgrade Fair will be demolished - warn from "Our local community".

Expansion of Belgrade on the water

Activists: Belgrade on the water expands to Terazije and Fair

The "Belgrade Remains" network warned that the changes to the Spatial Plan for the "Belgrade on the Water" project represent an attempt to legalize the expansion of this "corrupt project", all the way to the city center and across the Sava River, and called for public resistance

Belgrade investor on the water

Alabar on the construction of Belgrade on water: I made mistakes, we pay Serbia 200.000 euros per day

The owner of the company "Eagle Hills", an investor in Belgrade on the water, stated that he made mistakes during the construction of that project. "We pay the state (Serbia) 200.000 euros a day, it is ridiculous to estimate that we pay six million euros a year," said Mohamed Alabar.

Montenegro

The builder of Belgrade on the water is planning an investment on the Velika beach in Ulcinj

The sheikh who built the Burj Khalifa or Belgrade on the water - plans to invest in Velika Plaza in Ulcinj. Opposition, environmentalists and citizens warn of circumvention of the law and the sale of the state

Inheritance

Đorđe Miketić: Let the Sava bridge be the last thing this regime will destroy

"Belgrade remains" is a network of activists for the active defense of the city against corrupt construction projects, such as the expansion of Belgrade on the water, which caused the collapse of the Old Sava bridge, says Đorđe Miketić and announces the blockade of Belgrade on the water on Wednesday at 18 p.m.

Demolition of Belgrade

Who cares about history: Belgrade, a training ground for investor games

"It's a question of the moment when schools, hospitals and other social infrastructure will become a nuisance on valuable land, so they too will start to be erased so that elite housing and business complexes can be built in their place," Olga Andrić from the Ministry told "Vreme" space

Beograd

The Post Office building in Savska street was demolished to the ground

The old post office building in Savska Street was demolished. The financier of the project is the company Belgrade on water, and it is planned to build two theater stages and a museum in its place

Urbanism

Who decided on the new Tesla museum

In the jury of the international architectural competition for the new building of the Tesla Museum, there was not a single foreign or domestic recognized architect, urban planner, not a single educational institution, nor a professional organization - believes Slobodan Maldini

Urbanism

Post office in Savska: A new building modeled on the old one that is currently being demolished

The original Korunović facade on the Post Office building in Savska was preserved under the one that was created during the previous reconstruction. And yet, "Belgrade on the Water" is currently demolishing the entire building

Sava promenade

Smog and welcome: Unprecedented fireworks in Belgrade on the water

The New Year's program gathered numerous visitors of all ages, but the fog and smog "spoiled" the enjoyment of those present

Serbia and the United Arab Emirates

Arms trade, money laundering and "the biggest wild construction in Europe"

Several of Serbia's deals with the Emirates were declared "deals of the century" and were harmful to Serbia, while the real earnings - in the trade in arms and military equipment - were mostly kept silent.

Beograd

Why is there silence about the Archaeological Museum and the Theater?

"Belgrade on the Water" announced that the Archaeological Museum and Theater will be moved into the renovated building of the old Post Office on Sava Square. It is probably about the Archaeological Museum, which has yet to be established, and maybe also some theater that does not yet exist.

Protest in Belgrade on the water

The police arrested the SNS beaters

On Wednesday evening, the police intervened for the first time against SNS provocateurs at the protests in Belgrade on the water and arrested the most aggressive among them. This time, the government did not send municipal presidents and officials, but "green beans"

Defense of the bridge

The blockade on the water in Belgrade has ended - masked young men threatened the crowd

Activists of the Initiative "The Bridge Remains" blocked traffic in Belgrade on the water. The blockade ended at 19:30, and traffic was restored in that part of the city.

Old Sava bridge

Protest near Belgrade Tower: "They started with knives on the citizens"

During the protest in the neighborhood of Belgrade on the water, there was a crowd and an attempted knife attack. "The hooligans came to break up the protests, and for that purpose they are ready to use all possible measures, and even to attack the demonstrators with knives," Petar Mladenović, an activist of the "Borba" group, told Vreme.

Urbanism

Belgrade on the water turns the Old Railway Bridge into a pedestrian bridge

The old railway bridge is another object that will shine until the Expo, announced the company "Belgrade on Water", describing it as a future attraction

Real estate market

Luxury for the few: A square in Belgrade on the water reached 9.125 euros

The price of a square meter apartment in Belgrade on the water reached 9.125 euros in the second quarter of this year, making it the most expensive in Serbia.