Amendments to the special law, the lex specialis, for the construction of the "Expo 2027" complex are currently in the Parliament of Serbia and are awaiting the first session of the next parliament in order to be adopted. What is written in them and why do they cause great doubt among experts
While the state provides funds for the completion of the EXPO and the National Stadium, the announced measures for students and education face budget constraints. The Ministry of Finance is already asking budget users for savings, and some infrastructure projects have been put on hold
The pavilions at the Belgrade Expo 2027 will then be demolished - and it is not known who and what will be built there. Also, it seems that the government intends to put those pavilions into "trial" operation, without a use permit
As things stand, since we have taken on too much debt due to the EXPO exhibition, the disabled, agriculture and the education system will have to suffer until 2027, when this exhibition is over and there will be more money for them
The state is changing legal acts in construction in order to "legalize" works for the Expo under an accelerated procedure. For example - to put facilities into operation without a use permit
A month after its establishment, the company "Moon Design" received a job worth 28.600 euros. Namely, the building that will house the new headquarters of EXPO 2027 will receive a sign with the company's name
Dissatisfaction with the progressive management of Belgrade is slowly but surely treading across municipal borders and the "urban-rural" border. Namely, only 27,8 percent of the citizens of Belgrade SNS-SPS assess the rule of the capital as "capable and efficient", while as many as 40,1 percent consider it "incompetent and corrupt". And the mood towards the current mayor is even worse than that
The budget for 2025 is adopted in the context of favorable economic circumstances for Serbia and the entire region of the Western Balkans. The total pie is increasing, but attention should be paid to issues of redistribution and transparency
If the organizers' estimate is correct that EXPO 2027 will attract four million visitors, where should they all be accommodated? How many hotels and other accommodation facilities in Belgrade should be built in three years?
The state will pay about 12 million euros for the expropriation of the land for the construction of the EXPO exhibition, or half a million euros per hectare. The land that is being bought also includes the former plot of the PKG company, which was sold by the state in 2018 at a price of 4700 euros for one hectare.
The architectural bureau "Danilo Dangubic Architects" and two other firms will receive 4,4 million euros for the work of creating a comprehensive master plan for the EXPO 2027 specialized exhibition, as well as its integration into a spatial entity consisting of the National Stadium, EXPO parking lots and accompanying roads, and the EXPO complex itself
The construction project of the National Stadium in Surcin received a construction permit for the first phase of construction last week. Three months before that, the foundation stone was laid, thereby preempting all the necessary paperwork. Meanwhile, the state takes new loans every hour for this project
The master plan for the international exhibition "Game(s) for Humanity" under the brand EXPO 2027 foresees 2,7 million visitors. If so many come, Belgrade's accommodation capacity will not be sufficient, so the Port Management Agency has announced a tender worth 29,1 million dinars for the preparation of a study and conceptual solution for the installation of ship-hotels to accommodate guests on the Sava and Danube rivers.
If a country borrows 18 billion euros to finance projects in a non-transparent way, and then half of that amount is used for corruption or misspent, the actual level of investment is only nine billion euros
The client is looking for the services of creating technical documentation, catalogs, 3D models and a project to equip a residential complex in Surčin, which will extend over several plots, with a total area of over nine hectares.
New postage stamps promoting the International Specialized Exhibition EXPO 2027 were presented today in the PTT museum, the Post of Serbia announced. Stamps are another in a series of mechanisms for the promotion of a megalomaniacal project that will cost the citizens of Serbia around 18 billion euros
"In the next three years, our country will owe the citizens of Serbia over one billion euros, so far, in order to prepare for the holding of the exhibition," said Robert Kozma, MP, for the "Vremena" portal.
The draft law on special procedures for the implementation of the international specialized exhibition EXPO Belgrade 2027 (Lex specialis EXPO) fundamentally legalizes corruption and allows state money and loans for the construction of all facilities and line infrastructure to be spent bypassing all public procurement procedures
If this is as good a project as the Government and Minister Mali present it, the question arises why they hide the documentation, why they don't share it with the people so that we can all look forward to this excellent undertaking, the press release points out.
The Government of Serbia has proposed to the Assembly the adoption of a law which by its nature is a lex specialis in relation to other laws, and which determines the functioning of preparations for the implementation of the specialized exhibition Expo 2027.
The city of Belgrade announced a plan for the construction of a railway line to the area planned for holding the International Specialized Exhibition EXPO
In its ninth decade of existence, the Belgrade Fair is facing serious challenges. Celebrating the 86th birthday, the management and employees are wondering if the days of the specialized exhibition EXPO 2027 for the central landmark of Belgrade are numbered.
Why is it that instead of the stadium in Zaječar, on which twenty or more million euros will be spent, playgrounds for children, fitness tracks for recreational athletes and gymnasiums for physical education are not built at literally every school? Why do investors who build in Serbia have no obligation to provide space for the construction of sports fields in neighborhoods or at least parks where children could spend time outside in a safe environment?
Vučić and his associates succeeded in one thing: he made so many false promises (which he now calls dreams) that, as the children say, he "turned the game around", because where everything is a lie, there are no lies. And that's why Serbia should perhaps dream of something else: a community of serious and responsible people who finish what they started on time, because "it's never too late" may make sense for a music reality program, but it can hardly bring any results for the country
The stadium will have a regular circular shape and 52.000 seats. It will be partially covered, meaning the stands will mostly be covered, but the central part will be open. So there won't be a movable roof, but it's a very nice architectural solution, says Boban Velicković, head of the project supervision team.
The Zajedno party says that the government is deliberately not saying that this is not the EXPO World Exhibition and that the famous world exhibition will be held in 2025 in Osaka, Japan.
The Prime Minister and the President of the State presented 2027 magnificent projects that will "completely change the appearance of Serbia", all related to the "EXPO XNUMX" project. By the way, when asked by journalist Tanjuga, Vučić also spoke about the letter of several dozen European parliamentarians in which they accuse Serbia and him personally of being responsible for the escalation in Kosovo.
Without public debate, they change lex specialis, so that they can bypass public procurement and put into operation facilities that will not have a use permit - even for two years.
This is how, in short, the news about the amendments to the law for the construction of the complex could read "Expo 2027" which should adopted by the deputies in the Parliament of Serbia. The plan envisages that the giant project expands to the city municipality of Novi Belgrade, because the construction of the National Football Stadium also covers the coastal strip along the Sava River from Block 45 to the Ostružničko Bridge. Several organizations stood up against these changes, including the Association of Architects, the Faculty of Civil Engineering and Architecture. "The changes to the lex specialis entail major changes for the purpose of speeding up the procedures," assistant professor at the Faculty of Civil Engineering, Sanja Fritz, explains to "Vreme". "At this sensitive moment, given everything that happened in Novi Sad, it is quite worrying that facilities can be allowed to operate temporarily for up to two years without a use permit." The plan also leads the country to a new serious collapse of the transparency process, even though Serbia lists of the Corruption Perception Index, already returned to the worst position since 2012. "Not even when the special law on Expo was adopted in 2023, a public hearing was organized, and not even now, when significant changes and additions have been made," Nemanja Nenadić, program director of Transparency Serbia, told Vreme. "It is contrary to the rules of procedure of the Government of Serbia itself." The changes were not submitted to the Anti-Corruption Agency for its opinion, which is mandatory in the field of public procurement."Stadium and pontoon on the Sava River The changes are currently on public inspection as part of the so-called fourth phase of the development of the Spatial Plan, which covers an area of 813,6 hectares. In addition to numerous plots in Surčin, the plan also includes 152 whole cadastral plots in New Belgrade, as well as parts of another 89 plots in that municipality, reports Forbes Serbia. The National Football Stadium will serve as the location for the specialized exhibition "Expo 2027", and the final changes will prepare the ground for the final phase. An area of 31,41 hectares is planned for the stadium, and 62,02 hectares for the accompanying sports facilities. An international passenger pier, a pontoon for public transport, as well as a pier for the needs of the exhibition area are planned on the Sava River. On February 11, the Spatial Planning Agency published a public review of the draft spatial plan for the special purpose area of the National Football Stadium. Anyone interested can see it until February 24 in the City Administration of Belgrade, as well as in digital format on the website Agency for Spatial Planning and Urban Planning of Serbia and page City of Belgrade. After Novi Sad - same thing again Unlike the basic law for the Expo, in the amendments, explains assistant professor at the Faculty of Civil Engineering Sonja Fritz, consent is not required for the environmental impact assessment study, before the decision to issue a building permit. "And the procedure of early public inspection, which is mandatory according to the Law on Planning and Construction, is essentially thrown out, and the procedure of public inspection, which is required to last one month, is shortened to 15 days." It is a short period for the reaction and possible objections of all interested parties on which the plan may have an impact," adds Fritz. The shortening of procedures and the haste in the implementation of projects probably contributed to the tragedy in Novi Sad, the assistant professor thinks, and states that "perhaps this is the right moment for us as a profession to stop, analyze the existing laws and procedures, and return all possible changes first to the process of professional and public discussion, and then only to the parliamentary procedure." Similarities and differences with Belgrade on the water The progressive government has brought lex specialis before, and the most famous one is for Belgrade on the water. There are also projects for the Moravian Corridor, as well as for the construction of apartments for members of the security services. "The common feature of the law for Belgrade on Water and the Expo is that they provide for different procedures - in terms of expropriation, planning and construction, public procurement and other issues," explains Nemanja Nenadić. "The very modality that was used here in public procurement is somewhat different. For example, with Belgrade on the water, public procurement is mentioned only in the context of the 'beating' between the city of Belgrade and the company Belgrade on the water doo. That's how this company got the job without competition." However, the progressives were not the first Although the practice of passing special laws for individual projects is a trademark of the current government, here as in other cases, the actions of political predecessors could serve as a model, adds Nenadić. In particular, there were important laws that were passed to support the construction industry during the economic crisis in 2010, explains the director of Transparency, "which excluded the application of important provisions of the law on public procurement, the most famous of which is the construction of the Stepa Stepanovic settlement." The Constitutional Court did not accept the initiative of Transparency Serbia and the Coalition for the Supervision of Public Finances to assess the constitutionality of this law, because, adds Nenadić, it relied almost exclusively on economic instead of legal reasons for adopting the regulation. Another example is the special law that was passed in 2013 for the construction of the South Stream. "The harmful effects of this law were absent because the project was stopped," says Nenadić about the cancellation of the South Stream back in 2015 due to the dispute between Russia and Europe regarding ownership regulation of energy companies.', 'pageDate': '2025-02-14 13:20:22', 'pageAuthor': authors, 'visitorType': visitor_type, }); console.log(post_id); console.log('Pushed'); });@lea.i.tanja EXPO 2027 Epoch-breaking theft #expo #paris ♬ original sound - Lea and Tanja
