“Postponing Expo 2027 is now virtually impossible”: Participants to take over pavilions from December 1

Dimitri Kerkentzes, Secretary General of the Bureau International des Expositions (BIE), said that postponing the Expo 2027 specialised exhibition in Belgrade was now virtually impossible, with just over six months remaining until its opening.

He also announced that participating countries and organisations would begin taking over their exhibition spaces on December 1. Asked whether all deadlines for Expo 2027 Belgrade could still be met, given that Serbia has yet to form its new governing institutions, and whether postponement remained an option, Kerkentzes told the weekly Vreme that any change to the exhibition dates would require a two-thirds majority vote by the BIE General Assembly. “The dates of