This website compiles all available documentation on Belgrade EXPO 2027 and highlights the significant risks associated with the project. If your government is considering participating in Belgrade EXPO 2027, it may be investing in a compromised and potentially dangerous undertaking.
What happened in Novi Sad
On 1 November 2024 a concrete canopy collapsed at Novi Sad’s newly renovated railway station, killing 16 people. An independent expert investigation determined that the current Serbian regime bears responsibility for this tragedy.
The investigation revealed years of bypassed safety standards, opaque contracting, and no meaningful accountability. The contractors and officials involved faced no consequences.
The responsibility lies with an organised criminal group led by the president of Serbia.
How is Expo 2027 connected
Belgrade EXPO 2027 is being developed under the same negligence and institutional governance responsible for the Novi Sad tragedy. It is being built under the emergency procurement rules that suspend normal oversight. At the same time, the same political environment that caused the Novi Sad tragedy is now being applied to a project ten times its scale. The same pressure to deliver, weakened checks and clandestine deals are all present.
This is not a coincidence. It is a pattern.
Safety
Construction under regulatory erosion puts workers and future visitors at risk.
Environment
Construction is encroaching into protected areas, directly endangering important water supply zones.
Corruption
Emergency procurement and backroom agreements are ideal conditions for abuse of public funds.
Public Money
Serbia cannot afford luxury facilities for the world to see, while healthcare and education systems remain depleted.
What the EU says
The European Parliament and European Commission have both raised formal concerns about Serbia’s rule of law, procurement practices, and the conditions surrounding Expo 2027: “countries participating in the upcoming Expo 2027 in Serbia” should “take into account the serious concerns and evidence of widespread corruption linked to the ruling authorities, as well as the reported lack of compliance with basic construction standards and legal requirements in the organization and construction of the exhibition”.
- European Parliament resolution of 22 October 2025 on the polarization and increased repression in Serbia, one year after the Novi Sad tragedy
- COMMISSION STAFF WORKING DOCUMENT – Serbia 2025 Report
What your country’s involvement means
Participating governments provide three things the project needs: money, legitimacy, and political cover. A pavilion is not a neutral cultural gesture. It is a signal that the project meets acceptable standards. It does not.
What you can do:
Ask your government: Should we participate in a Belgrade EXPO 2027 where more than safety is at stake?
Ask your government to withdraw/decline to participate!
If you work in media, the academic sector, or if you are part of civil society,