Since the end of the war in 1999, Kosovo still does not own 172 of its assets in the states that made up the former Yugoslavia. Kosovo has many properties in the states of this former federation, and only in the state of Montenegro has over 42 properties.
The Kosovo Ministry of Justice has sued the Municipality of Budva and the company “Sunraf Beach Properties”, demanding the return of about 4,500 square meters of property in Rafailovic Promenade, which was once a children’s resort.
In this lawsuit, it is claimed that this parcel once called “Ganimete Tërbeshi” was bought six decades ago by Kosovo, Telegrafi reports.
According to Montenegrin media Vijesti, this lawsuit seeking property right has been filed in the Basic Court of Kotor.
The MoJ has asked the Kotor Court to issue an interim measure prohibiting the alienation of property until the completion of this case in court.
This resort was later renamed “Lahor”, according to the same company from Pristina. After the war in Kosovo, the company’s branch moved to Montenegro, where it was then privatized. After that, the dilapidated building of the former resort was completely destroyed where a multi-storey complex is currently being built.
This lawsuit states that Kosovo owns this land and as proof has attached a purchase agreement concluded on March 22, 1961 in the District Court of Kotor, where the plot of 4,555 square meters was purchased by the Social Council for Political and Social Affairs.
The Municipality of Budva, represented by the Secretariat for Property Protection has challenged the lawsuit, asking the court to dismiss it as invalid.
Since the end of the war in 1999, Kosovo still does not own 172 of its assets in the states that made up the former Yugoslavia. Kosovo has numerous properties in the states of this former federation, and only in the state of Montenegro has over 42 properties.
Earlier, the Privatization Agency of Kosovo (PAK) filed a complaint with the Montenegrin Court of Appeals, after the Basic Court of Kotor rejected the lawsuit alleging that the company Rekreaturs stole Kosovo property of 33 thousand square meters on the beach of Kamenova.
The AKP has also filed a lawsuit in the International Court of Justice in Strasbourg and is awaiting a decision.
During the trial, it is alleged that Rekreaturs illegally changed its headquarters from Prishtina to Budva.
The complex of almost three and a half hectares, in which there was a resort for citizens from Kosovo, as it is written in the cadastral registers of the Real Estate Administration is owned by Montenegro and that the co-user is registered in Recreation.
Kosovo has 99 properties of socially owned enterprises located in Serbia, 15 properties in Bosnia and Herzegovina, 8 assets in Northern Macedonia, in Croatia according to KPA data there are 5 properties, while in Slovenia there is one property.
