General Staff

The General Staff case

17.November 2025 Sonja Ciric

Apart from the General Staff, according to the cadastre, both the Barracks and the Old General Staff are no longer cultural properties

On the same day that last year the Government of Serbia made a decision to revoke the status of a cultural property from the General Staff complex, the Cadastre of the Sava Valley confirmed this, adding the buildings of the Barracks of the Seventh Regiment and the Old General Staff

Initiative for the General Staff

16.November 2025 S. Ć.

Democratic Party: Initiative to the Constitutional Court for the evaluation of lex specialis

In addition to the initiative to check the constitutionality of the lex specialis of the General Staff, on Monday the Democratic Party will also submit to the Constitutional Court a request for a measure to suspend the actions that could be taken on the basis of that controversial law.

Veteran's message

16.November 2025 S. Ć.

Veterans: The General Staff is another test

The General Staff is another test of knowledge of an organized civil society. The test of resistance to the ideology "profit is more important than human lives" - war and military veterans of Serbia tell the citizens

The General Staff case

15.November 2025 S. Ć.

Lex specialis: What will happen to the Seventh Regiment Barracks and the Stone Palace

Although they have the status of a cultural property, it seems that the Barracks of the Seventh Regiment and the Stone Palace will be turned into catering establishments thanks to the lex specialis

The fate of the General Staff

13.November 2025 IN THE

Radar: The deadline for the demolition of the General Staff is May 2026.

The agreement between the Government of Serbia and a company associated with Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner envisages the construction of a luxury complex on the site of the former General Staff. "Radar" had insight into the secret contract that explains the authorities' panic and the urgent adoption of lex specialists for the General Staff complex.

Portrait of a contemporary: Nikola Dobrović

12.November 2025 Bojan Kovačević

A market interpretation of a masterpiece

How SNS deputy Milenko Jovanov and his colleagues, trying to prove in parliament that the lex specialis which will enable the demolition of the General Staff is the right thing for this country, slandered Nikola Dobrović, the author of that building, and in fact showed how great he and his work were

Assembly of Serbia

12.November 2025 Mirjana Nikolić

With the General Staff before Trump

When the tactic of endless postponement of obligations stops yielding results, the regime in Serbia has simple and proven solutions. If they are bothered by cultural property, the Assembly votes on the Lex specialis. In response to complaints about election theft, they propose a law as if they are really ready to compromise. If the new REM Council has to, that can be done, but at least there should be some intrigue around one candidate - let's say, about national minorities.

On the spot

11.November 2025 RV

A meeting was held near the General Staff, where it was announced that the students would defend it with their bodies

Students of several Belgrade faculties and the General Staff Ensemble initiative held a protest in front of the General Staff building, with the message that they will "defend this symbol of Belgrade with their bodies" if the government does not abandon plans to demolish it. Those present made a "ring" around this building, and drew a red line around it, over which those who plan to demolish this cultural property - crossing is forbidden

The General Staff case

10.November 2025 S. Ć.

"Couriers of cheese": Trump and Vučić are tearing down a symbol of Serbian history

The statement signed by 71 faculties and professional organizations from the country and abroad, led by SANU, calls for the abolition of lex specialists for the General Staff. Students call for protest on Tuesday "We are a living wall"

The General Staff case

09.November 2025 Sonja Ciric

Selaković: Foreign services are fighting against the demolition of the General Staff

After ex officio taking part in the enactment of the lex specialis which enabled the demolition of the General Staff, Minister of Culture Nikola Selaković stated that foreign services are fighting against the demolition of the General Staff because they do not want us to get closer to the USA

The President of Serbia, Aleksandar Vučić, announced that he will personally file criminal charges against all those who participated "in the pursuit to destroy" the investment in the General Staff.

The General Staff case

08.November 2025 S. Ć.

Lex specialis was voted even though there is a study on the rehabilitation of the General Staff

According to a study by the Faculty of Civil Engineering from 2006, the rehabilitation and reconstruction of the General Staff is possible, it is assumed that the price would be lower than the National Stadium. The Belgrade Remains Initiative calls on citizens to defend the General Staff from demolition with their bodies

The General Staff case

07.November 2025 S. Ć.

Experts: We are seeking protection from Milenko Jovanov, who is insulting us in the Assembly

Due to the insults directed at them by Milenko Jovanov (SNS) in the Parliament, the employees of the Republic and City Institute for the Protection of Cultural Monuments demand that the authorities defend them

Reactions

03.November 2025 Sonja Ciric

Sanja Solarević: The government is passing the lex specialis so that it can demolish the General Staff

The Lex specialis on the General Staff completely suspends the Law on Planning and Construction and enables its demolition without a building permit, the ZLF councilor points out. ICOMOS and the signatories of the Declaration to save the Fair and the General Staff sent a public letter to the Government of Serbia, the employees of the City and Republic Institute ask the deputies not to vote for the lex specialis

The General Staff case

03.November 2025 S. Ć.

Architects: Urgently withdraw the proposal of the lex specialist for the General Staff

In a public letter to the Government of Serbia, the signatories of the Declaration on the Fate of the Belgrade Fair and the General Staff demand that the proposal of a lex specialist for the General Staff be urgently withdrawn because, among other things, the procedure has not been followed and the investigative procedure in the TOK is ongoing.

State and heritage

02.November 2025 Sonja Ciric

The lex specialis will absolve those responsible for the future demolition of the General Staff

The lex specialis for the General Staff is adopted under an urgent procedure. This will absolve all those responsible for the future demolition of the General Staff, who are being investigated by the Prosecutor's Office for Organized Crime

General Staff

02.November 2025 B. B.

New suspect in the "General Staff" affair

The Prosecutor's Office for Organized Crime suspects the Acting Secretary of the Ministry of Culture for the prolonged criminal offense of abuse of official position in co-perpetration.

Our Europe

29.September 2025 B. B.

This year's "Heritage Heroes" award goes to the General Staff Ensemble initiative

The activism of the General Staff Ensemble is aimed at preserving the modernist architecture of Serbia - primarily the General Staff building, the work of Nikola Dobrović, a symbol of the collective memory of Belgrade.

Cultural monuments

25.September 2025 NM

General Staff case: Goran Vasić heard

Goran Vasić, acting director of the Republic Institute for the Protection of Cultural Monuments, suspected of falsifying documents, was questioned at the Public Prosecutor's Office for Organized Crime

Assembly of Serbia

23.September 2025 S.Ć.

Srđan Milivojević: The government is preparing a law that will bring down the General Staff

The president of the DS, Srđan Milivojević, says that on October 1, the Serbian Parliament will vote on the law on revoking the status of a cultural monument from the General Staff.

Country

09.August 2025 Sonja Ciric

The Fair and the General Staff: Ways to keep what must not be known

Apart from the abolition practiced by Vučić, there have been some pardons that are not official, but in some other ways, legal of course, absolve the suspect of possible guilt. They are connected to the General Staff and the Belgrade Fair

Republic Institute for the Protection of Cultural Monuments

07.August 2025 IN THE

The director under investigation for the General Staff has returned to work

Although he confessed to the crime and was under investigation by the Prosecutor's Office for organized crime, Goran Vasić returned to head the Republic Institute for the Protection of Cultural Monuments. The decision of the Government of Serbia to cancel the protection of the General Staff now has a new light - its proponent, suspected of forgery, continues to lead the institution responsible for the preservation of cultural heritage

Corruption

27.July 2025 S.Ć.

Italy: Due to urban corruption, the mayor of Milan is under investigation

Because of the affair in which a public asset was given to a private investor, the Italian police started an investigation involving 70 people, including the mayor of Milan. And in Serbia, the Government is changing laws so that it can turn a public asset into a private one - for example, the General Staff

Cultural heritage

22.July 2025 KS

Slovenians send support for the General Staff and the Fair: This is our common past

While uncertainty hangs over the fate of the General Staff and the Belgrade Fair, a voice of support arrives from Slovenia. The leading professional institutions of this country signed a letter in which they provide moral and professional support to the appeal of the Serbian professional public for the preservation of two key symbols of the modernist architecture of the former Yugoslavia

State and heritage

15.July 2025 Sonja Ciric

The demolition of the General Staff: Who and why protects the directors

Who is responsible for Goran Vasić and Aleksandar Ivanović remaining in the leading positions of the Republic and City Institute for the Protection of Cultural Monuments, even though they participated in the illegal cancellation of the status of a cultural monument from the General Staff complex

Regarding the document published by "Vreme"

13.July 2025 Sonja Ciric

Evropa Nostra: Preservation of the General Staff is not an obstacle to development as the government claims

The reaction of Europe Nostra and its organization in Serbia, regarding the document published by "Vreme", according to which the director of the City Institute for the Protection of Cultural Monuments of Belgrade contributed to the decision to demolish the General Staff. We present a chronology of the previous refusals of the Serbian authorities to save the General Staff

The Army of Serbia

23.June 2025 IN THE

Vučić presents to you the "horribly murderous" Serbian Army

Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić said that the Serbian Armed Forces acquired "super-secret" equipment, so secret that only five people know anything about it. Former Chief of General Staff Zdravko Ponoš tells him that he is ignorant and ignores the laws

The lex specialis remains in force, which means that nothing prevents the regime from finding another investor instead of Jared Kushner and overthrowing the General Staff.

Affair

10.June 2025 S.Ć.

"The New York Times" examines the role of Sinisha Mali in the General Staff affair

Mr. Malley has ties to the White House through Rick Grenell, the New York Times notes, and analyzes whether he pressured experts to support the Trump family's project.