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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.

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

Inheritance

14.May 2025. Sonja Ciric

Scenario for saving the General Staff

After the arrest of Goran Vasić on suspicion of forging the document on the basis of which the General Staff was stripped of its status as a cultural monument, experts are preparing a scenario for its restoration

Inheritance

18.march 2025 S.Ć.

The General Staff is on the list of the 7 most vulnerable

Among the 7 most endangered cultural monuments in Europe for this year, Evropa Nostra included the General Staff complex. The government in Serbia should respect the international Faro Convention, which it signed

Support

02.February 2025. S.Ć.

George Chamine: Your song is the song of Europe

The support in a letter of sincere admiration was sent to the blockaded students by the European Music Center. The letter was signed by the president of this center, George Chamin, a great European opera artist

General Staff: Targeting Trump's son-in-law

Legacy

30.January 2025 IN THE

General Staff among the 14 most endangered cultural heritage sites in Europe for 2025

The Belgrade General Headquarters complex, a masterpiece of modernist architecture, was among 14 locations across Europe recognized as the most endangered cultural monuments.

Beograd

28.January 2025 Sonja Ciric

However, the city government is not giving up on the gondola

The Belgrade Fortress, the most valuable space in Belgrade, will once again have to be protected from demolition by experts and foreigners: 420 million euros have been set aside in the City's budget for the gondola, and an urban project has been completed that includes the "acquired obligation" - the gondola

A request

22.November 2024 S.Ć.

Europa Nostra: The Government of Serbia urgently withdraws the decision on the General Staff

The Government of Serbia has violated the Constitution, warns Europa Nostra and requests immediate protection of the Dobrović General Staff complex. The same request was sent from the Society of Conservators of Serbia

Protection of the General Staff

17.November 2024 Sonja Ciric

The Serbian government's decision to change the status of the General Staff is illegal

Is the cancellation of the status of the General Staff a sign that this will also happen to other cultural assets in the country, the Republic Institute for the Protection of Cultural Monuments asks, and they think that they will be canceled

Heritage protection

05.November 2024 Sonja Ciric

The General Staff is a candidate for Europe Nostra's "7 Most Threatened" program

The leading European civil society network for cultural heritage, Evropa Nostra, nominated the General Staff complex for the "7 Most Threatened" program, due to the plans of the Serbian authorities to demolish it

Endangered heritage

02.November 2024 S.Ć.

Evropa Nostra: The expansion of the road threatens the Belgrade fortress

On the Day of Mourning, on Saturday, work began on the extension of Vojvoda Bojović Boulevard in the area of the Belgrade Fortress, reports Evropa Nostra Serbia and asks the authorities to immediately stop the work.

Beograd

23.December 2023 S.Ć.

Urgently review all decisions about the Belgrade Fair

Professional associations are asking the authorities to review the decisions, in order to prevent the announced demolition of the Belgrade Fair complex, whose Hall 1 is recognized as one of the reference points for the modern movement in architecture, and is interpreted as an architectural heritage of humanity.

Inheritance

16.May 2023. Sonja Ciric

Evropa Nostra: Serbia is threatened by investment urbanism despite the signed agreements

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?