# Goran Vesić

He has been indicted over the canopy collapse in Novi Sad, which killed 16 people, and the trial is awaiting a Supreme Court decision. As minister, he signed the contract that handed the Generalštab site for 99 years to a company linked to Jared Kushner.

## Affairs

- [Concession of Nikola Tesla Airport to Vinci](https://odgovornost.rs/en/afere/aerodrom-koncesija-vinci): He criticised Vinci over slow baggage handling and staff shortages and said Serbia had met its obligations
- [General Staff: lifting of protection and the Selaković trial](https://odgovornost.rs/en/afere/generalstab): As construction minister, in May 2024 he signed the contract handing the General Staff site for 99 years to a company linked to Affinity Partners
- [No-tender deals under intergovernmental agreements](https://odgovornost.rs/en/afere/medjudrzavni-sporazumi-kina): As minister, he said the provisions on selecting a strategic partner were being scrapped “because there is a Law on Public Procurement”
- [Small hydropower plants and Stara Planina](https://odgovornost.rs/en/afere/mini-hidroelektrane)
- [Collapse of the canopy at Novi Sad railway station](https://odgovornost.rs/en/afere/novi-sad-nadstresnica): Under the Novi Sad Higher Public Prosecutor's Office indictment, confirmed by the Court of Appeal, he is charged with a serious offence against public safety over the canopy collapse
- [Belgrade's New Year lights and the company Keep Light](https://odgovornost.rs/en/afere/novogodisnja-rasveta): He announced 20 million dinars for lighting in 2016, defended the purchases as an investment in tourism and sued an MP over statements about the tree
- [Pressure on prosecutors and judges, and cases taken away](https://odgovornost.rs/en/afere/tuzilastvo-sklanjanje-predmeta)

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As of: 9 Nov 2026  
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