The fight between the security of the building site in New Belgrade's Block 4 and the citizens who do not allow the construction of a building that will "brick up" their windows is just a new example of the struggle of the people of Belgrade against investor urbanism
"We are ready to defend the city with bodies, but it must be with a clear plan and strategy."
The projects are promoted to the public as green oases, linear parks and corridors, but they include huge underground square footage, including underground garages, and this partly makes the role of green areas meaningless
Disrespect for the law and high level of corruption in Serbia are rapidly taking an even greater toll. Let's list some cases: part of the ceiling at the Cardiology Clinic in Niš fell, and the ceiling at the Railway Station in Ćuprija also rattled. Previously, a pedestrian crossing bridge near the village of Vlahovo collapsed and a part of the wall at the school in Pećinci collapsed (two girls were slightly injured). There are also collapses of the concrete structure of the overpass on the high-speed Požarevac-Veliko Gradište highway, ceiling collapses at a school in Užice, in Saranov near Rača, at the Institute for Public Health in Kragujevac and at the "Maja" kindergarten in New Belgrade. So, all that from November 1 last year until today. It's not enough
The investor is planning the construction of a building that will consist of an underground level, a ground floor, three floors, as well as one detached floor
In March, the hotel was sold to the only participant in the auction, the company "MV Investment", which is owned by the "Millennium Team", at an initial price of slightly more than 27 million euros.
For the third year in a row, construction is being carried out in the capital of Serbia without the adopted General Urban Plan, according to which it should be built and developed until 2041. That is why there are almost no larger municipalities in Belgrade where citizens have not stood in front of the machines
The demolition of Hotel "Yugoslavia", which was first opened in 1969, will begin in December. By the end of the year, it will be known which hotel will be built there, and it is part of a well-known chain. Investors hope that the works will be completed by the start of Expo 2027 , and will invest half a billion euros in the construction of a hotel and two towers
Instead of shops, kindergartens and green areas, which were foreseen in the original plan of general regulation, in Block 63, new 66.000 commercial square meters will be built. The city authorities have shown once again that they protect investors and do not care about the will of the citizens who protested several times because of the new plan.
Citizens of New Belgrade blocks have united against investor urbanism, which turns green areas into residential and business complexes of huge square footage. Reckless cramming of square footage for the sake of profit is destroying the quality of life of an increasing number of Belgraders. The city authorities tolerate it
In Mirijevo, new buildings are mostly pushed together, there is no parking, no sidewalks. Now, a twelve-story building is being built on a green area almost as big as the Star Forest near the "Pavle Savić" elementary school, warns the citizens' association "Mirijevo zeleno i zdrovo". And sports fields were planned
The action of progressive Vojvodina announced that, just a few months after the abolition of the mandatory fee for the conversion of industrial land into construction land, the mass construction of apartments on the premises of former factories in Novi Sad began
Citizens of New Belgrade blocks plan to unite in the fight against investor urbanism, which turns green areas into residential and business complexes of huge square footage.
Many values - solidarity, coexistence with nature, relations between neighbors, healthy socialization and healthy development of children - are partly related to the living space. And they are stealing him from us. Concreting green areas, they concrete our life
The elections are the last chance for the same people to stop changing in the seats of power, to look at the truth in the eyes of where Serbia is in relation to the neighborhood in the region, and construction with incorporation is replaced by shortening hospital lists and building infrastructure for the benefit of all citizens. And if you are fine, as they would say in Peščanik, then nothing
One of the many harmful things for which the progressive government in Belgrade will be remembered is the so-called investor urbanism. He represents one of the pillars of the city policy of the Serbian Progressive Party in the last ten years and their basic concept of the development of Belgrade
The proposed Law on Amendments to the Law on Planning and Construction is a continuation of the policy of destroying cities and excluding citizens from the urban development of cities and the country. This policy, colloquially called investor urbanism, has been in place for years
On the list of the "7 Most Endangered" cultural monuments in Europe are the Belgrade Fortress, the Dečani Monastery, and from this year, the Bistrica Waterworks from Petrovac na Mlava. Will it save them from investors who don't care about heritage?
What happened was more or less expected. Radio 021 reported that the construction inspection prohibited the use of part of the Vojvodina Assembly building due to cracked walls and other damage, until the condition of the structure is assessed. These damages are undoubtedly the result of the work on the underground garage, the construction of which was discouraged by experts
On the world map of corruption, the capital of Vojvodina has become one of the most important hubs for laundering dirty money in the region. One of the possible topics is how the budget money of the people of Novi Sad goes to the media and non-governmental organizations. Of course, those media and organizations that are service levers of this government
