Demolition - Time

Excavators demolish 11 cottages in Gazivode

Kosovo and Metohija

21.July 2026 IN THE

The demolition of cottages near Gazivode has begun: the owners were given 30 minutes to leave the buildings

With the assistance of the Kosovo Police, the competent services started the removal of cottages near Lake Gazivode. The owners of the buildings claim that they built them on the basis of long-term contracts with "Srbijašume", while "Ibar-Lepenac" states that they were built without the necessary permits on the land of this public company.

Italy

17.July 2026 Kristine Auerbach (DW)

Who was responsible for the collapse of the bridge in Genoa: Eight years of waiting for justice for the 43 dead

Forty-three lives lost, hundreds of people displaced and eight years of waiting for answers. After the fall of the Morandi bridge in Genoa, the court finally handed down the first sentences, which cause mixed feelings among the relatives of the victims.

The case of demolition of buildings in Savamala

Ten years without an answer

24.April 2026. IN THE

Ten years since Savamala: The Prosecution did not even qualify the crime

Even after a decade, there is no answer as to who demolished in Herzegovina, and the prosecution states that key information has not yet been collected

Kosovo and Metohija

22.April 2026. R. Š.

North Mitrovica: Several dozen garages owned by Serbs were demolished

The garages that were demolished in North Mitrovica were privately owned. They were removed because the Trepca company claims that they were built on its land

Beograd

10.February 2026. Sonja Ciric

The director of the City Institute says that Mome Kapora 2 can be demolished, but the website says that it cannot

Aleksandar Ivanović, the director of the City Institute for the Protection of Cultural Monuments and one of the defendants in the General Staff case, allowed the demolition of the house on Vračar at Mome Kapora 2, even though the institution's website says that it is "an immovable property in the process of determining it for cultural property".

Housing culture

25.December 2025 Sara Devic

Why are Belgrade's facades falling down?

We do not have a culture of living in a building that we jointly own with other tenants. Before 1945, buildings were cared for by private capital, between 1945 and 1990 by massive state infrastructure, and today groups of impoverished and ignorant individuals and families have to deal with it.

Inheritance

26.October 2025 Robert Shepherd

Demolished Villa Šmit in Vrbas

The Art Nouveau villa Šmit, under the protection of the law, was demolished by its new owner, Dušan Vajagić, in order to build apartments. The question is for whom the cultural heritage should have been demolished, if it is known that Vrbas lost 13% of its inhabitants between the two censuses

Urbanism

12.September 2025 Sonja Ciric

Private investor's trick: Where is the basis for the demolition of the Belgrade Fair hidden

The thesis presented these days that there is no precise insight into the condition of the halls of the Belgrade Fair, and that the estimation of the costs of bringing them to a new purpose is therefore uncertain, says professor of the Faculty of Civil Engineering in Belgrade, Dušan Najdanović.

Old Sava bridge

31.July 2025 KS

Goodbye old bridge: What will happen to one of the symbols of Belgrade?

On Wednesday (July 30), the citizens of Belgrade had the last opportunity to see the old green structure over the Sava River. The bridge has been removed, and what will happen to it is still unknown

Urbanism

26.July 2025 Sonja Ciric

Do you know what attorney planning is?

Just like investor urbanism, which destroyed half of Serbia, lawyer planning also works against cities and their inhabitants, but only according to the law.

Demolition of the Fair

17.July 2025 IN THE

The police broke the blockade near the Fair, and the three detainees were released

This morning, members of the police broke up an attempted blockade in front of the Belgrade Fair building, on Vojvode Mišić Boulevard, telling the crowd that they were violating public order and peace and to return to the sidewalks. Three people were detained, who were then released

17.July 2025 MLJ

Blockade of the Fair: Stop the demolition of another symbol of Belgrade

The demolition of the Belgrade Fair has unofficially begun. Blockade students and civil initiatives call for protests and blockade

Fair

16.July 2025 MLJ

Everything you need to know about the demolition of the Belgrade Fair

With the removal of the so-called Painting Gallery, the demolition of the Fair in Belgrade unofficially began. Why and under what circumstances will this symbol of the capital go into oblivion, and what will spring up in that place

Urbanism

11.July 2025 Sonja Ciric

Vladimir Pajić: One project is intended for the public, and the other for investors

There is double planning documentation in urban planning practice: one project is submitted to the public, while a completely different one is built, demolished, expanded and rebuilt, warns MP Vladimir Pajić

Beograd

06.June 2025 Sonja Ciric

Union of Roma: We will never allow the demolition of Aunt Bibija

The Roma Union says it will not allow an investor to demolish their shrine, Aunty Bibi, warns Roma not to sign a fake petition about it, and asks society to protect this cultural monument

Urbanism

03.June 2025 S.Ć.

Belgrade on the water: Flats in the sun, school under the bridge

The public inspection of the draft plan, according to which the future residential area of Belgrade on the water will replace the Belgrade Fair, and according to which the school and kindergarten will be located in an area without enough sunlight, is in progress.

Beograd

01.June 2025 S.Ć.

Canopy of DZ Stari grad dangerous to life

Since April, the main entrance to DZ Stari grad has been closed because the canopy threatens to collapse. The green roof that was installed last year is suspected

Tragedy in Bryansk

01.June 2025 IN THE

Two serious train accidents in Russia, sabotage is suspected

In the past 24 hours, two serious train accidents occurred in Russia. An overpass collapsed onto the railway line while a passenger train was passing under it in the western Russian region of Bryansk, and in the Kursk region, a railway bridge collapsed while a freight train was traveling on it.

Demolition of the Old Sava Bridge in Belgrade

Beograd

17.May 2025. MS

Why is the government hiding the contract for the demolition of the Old Sava Bridge?

The administrative dispute against the commissioner for information of public importance was initiated by the "Belgrade remains" initiative. In addition, they will initiate a dispute against the Government of Serbia because the contract on the demolition of the Old Sava Bridge and the construction of a new one is hidden from the public

Beograd

16.May 2025. Sonja Ciric

Tenants of Knez Miloš: The Ministry of Construction is not responsible for the permit

The Ministry of Construction issued a building permit for Knez Miloš 42, although it is not authorized, according to the tenants of neighboring buildings. The six-story building under construction is right next to the neighboring building and could collapse it. The tenants therefore started an administrative dispute against the Ministry, and blocked the construction site

Demolition of the Old Sava Bridge

29.January 2025 IN THE

Miketić: Citizens of Belgrade, come urgently to the Old Fairground to defend the bridge

Activists of the "The Bridge Remains" initiative are preventing workers from continuing the demolition of the Old Sava Bridge and are calling on the citizens of Belgrade to join them.

Beograd

26.January 2025 S.Č.

Hotel "Yugoslavia" was demolished

Mechanization removes the last remains of the "Yugoslavia" hotel, which today has been demolished to the ground

On the spot

20.January 2025 Mila Jovanovic

Winter night on the Old Sava bridge: Perseverance and unity

From the moment the demolition of the Old Sava Bridge was announced, a group of the most persistent activists has been guarding it. They have been camping on the bridge for two and a half months. How they endure the cold winter nights and why they don't give up

Inheritance

28.December 2024 Sonja Ciric

Saturday morning, before the holiday, time to demolish Neymar

This Saturday morning, the demolition of two more beautiful villas on Neimar, built at the beginning of the last century, began: at Haja Milentieva 72 and 47. The proposal to make Neimar a protected spatial entity was submitted two and a half years ago

Croatia

12.December 2024 IN THE

The roof of the hall in Šibenik collapsed, killing one person

"There was a collapse of heavy concrete structural elements and one person was killed," said the commander of the Šibenik Public Fire Department, Volimir Milošević.

Planning

04.December 2024 S.Ć.

Hotel "Ric" will have three times fewer rooms than "Yugoslavia"

Instead of the 600 that "Yugoslavia" had, the "Ric" hotel will have only 193 rooms. The sale of apartments in the towers next to the hotel has begun, which means that their construction will be financed by our customers

At dawn under the barricades

20.November 2024 IN THE

Sava Manojlović was forcibly taken from the Stari Most by the Gendarmerie

The removal of rails from the New Belgrade side of the bridge has begun. Activists gathered around the initiative "The Bridge Remains" are planning a midday blockade of the Branko Bridge. The gendarmerie detained Sava Manojlović on the bridge, who was apparently subjected to force.