KOSOVO SERB BODY URGES UNMIK, OSCE, EU TO END PROPERTY THEFT SCHEME
BBC Monitoring International Reports - April 27, 2005

Text of report by Serbian independent news agency FoNet.

Belgrade, 27 April: The Coordination Centre [for Kosovo-Metohija, headed by Nebojsa Covic] today appealed to UNMIK [UN Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo], OSCE and the European Union to undertake measures urgently to halt the latest activities stripping the Serb and non-Albanian population of their property.

The latest practice in Kosovo-Metohija these days is that individual Albanians file charges with the Kosovo courts against Serbs and non-Albanians over the failure to establish property rights, with an explanation that their [the owner's] current address is unknown, and then "interim representatives" are appointed for the accused Serbs and other non-Albanians.

The Kosovo courts have either made public this scandalous process, through which property is being robbed, or they have made it public in such a way that nobody can see it, and it is done solely in the Albanian language. Also, as a rule, ethnic Albanians are appointed as "interim representatives" of these Serbs and non-Albanians.

This latest attack against displaced persons in Kosovo-Metohija and their property is taking place with the full awareness, knowledge and toleration of the international community's representatives, a statement from the Coordination Centre said.
 

Source: FoNet news agency, Belgrade, in Serbian 1407 gmt 27 Apr 05

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