Revealed: Serbian ruler’s secret role in ‘illegal’ effort to help Trump business
Exclusive: Aleksandar Vučić personally intervened to push plans for controversial $500m Trump Tower in Belgrade, which sparked protests and a criminal case…
The Guardian reports: 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.
This world story centres on Serbia. Names and organisations mentioned in the coverage include Serbian, Trump Tower and Trump.
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- Serbia · Europe
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- The Guardian
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- Serbian, Trump Tower, Trump, Aleksandar Vučić
- Section
- World
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