Planned Belgrade Trump Tower Slammed by Europe Heritage Watchdog
Serbia must protect its monuments and defy plans by Donald Trump's son-in-law to raze downtown blocs in the nation's capital to make way for a large real estate project, said Europe's top cultural heritage organization.
Jared Kushner's Affinity Partners wants to build a luxury hotel and residences on the site of the Balkan nation's former defense headquarters in Belgrade, badly damaged by NATO bombing in 1999 during the Kosovo War.
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