Revealed: Serbian ruler’s secret role in ‘illegal’ effort to help Trump business

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The Guardian reports that Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić personally intervened to advance a plan for a $500 million Trump Tower on a protected site in Belgrade. The project has triggered protests and a criminal case, with senior officials from Vučić’s government indicted over alleged abuse of public office.

Exclusive: Aleksandar Vučić personally intervened to push plans for controversial $500m Trump Tower in Belgrade, which sparked protests and a criminal case Serbia’s authoritarian ruler personally intervened to advance an allegedly illegal scheme to hand over a protected site in Belgrade for a Trump tower, the Guardian can reveal. Aleksandar Vučić summoned officials to a meeting at his presidential offices about the project, which has culminated in a landmark indictment of senior figures from his regime on charges of abuse of public office. Continue reading...