Large-scale protests against a controversial $3bn United Arab Emirates-backed development project in Belgrade broke out again in Serbia on Wednesday...Demonstrators...marched to various state-controlled media outlets to protest against a lack of critical coverage of the project that has raised major questions over the country's dealings with the UAE...The protests against the project – designed to be a luxury complex of shops, hotels, offices and flats in the heart of Belgrade - follow others earlier this month that have seen thousands of people take to the streets of central Belgrade....Recent revelations in the Panama Papers linking Serbian policy-makers with UAE businessmen have fanned popular resentment at the UAE’s role in Serbia, which benefits the two countries' political elites, but shortchanges Serbian taxpayers...In April 2015, the government passed legislation...[making] it possible for the state to confiscate land from private landlords, a move lawyers slammed as unconstitutional and in contravention to the UN Declaration of Human Rights. Initiatives to repeal the law have since been launched but with little effect...While tensions over Belgrade Waterfront and UAE-Serbia ties appeared to calm down in recent months, popular anger over this month’s bulldozing and the harsh methods employed has brought the issue back to centre stage...[Refers to Air Serbia, Eagle Hills, Etihad]