Gulan: "Rajska Banja" just a drop in the ocean, property of 1,358 Serbian companies already illegally privatized

Analyst and member of the Scientific Society of Economists of Serbia, Branislav Gulan, believes that the appropriation of facilities in the "Rajska Banja" complex in Banjska by the Kosovo Privatization Agency is just a drop in the ocean compared to what is happening with Serbian property in Kosovo.

Gulan provides data indicating that the property of 1,358 Serbian companies in Kosovo has already been privatized, and he emphasizes that Serbia has invested $17.6 billion in Kosovo over three decades.

"Millions of cadastral parcels have been usurped, and a million hectares of arable land in Kosovo, 80% of which has been privatized. This was not legally allowed to be done, but it has already been done, 80 to 90% has already been privatized. Obviously, the privatization is illegal, it legalizes the ethnic cleansing of 150,000 expelled Serbs and other non-Albanians from Kosovo," Gulan stated.

He also notes that privatization in Kosovo is disguised as a 99-year lease, which, he says, is not legal and should not produce any legal consequences for Serbia and its authorities.

"Those whose property has been privatized for 99 years will be able to file lawsuits, and the question is whether it will be resolved. This can only be settled through bilateral talks, and those who are resolving this issue for us must be our friends. Serbia may win everything in court when our friends decide based on justice and rights," Gulan said.

He adds that in Serbia, it is claimed that the country has documents for every screw in Kosovo, but this is now considered the property of an "unrecognized state worldwide."

"In Serbia, it is claimed that the country has documents for every screw, every machine, and every square meter of its property in Kosovo. We talk about this, but now it is considered the property of this unrecognized state worldwide," Gulan concluded.