The Municipality of Gracanica managed to recover more than 148 hectares of socially owned land with a total of 19 buildings from the Privatization Agency and through the competent Ministry and the Government of Kosovo, Kontakt plus radio reported.

The Mayor of Gracanica Srdjan Popovic said that this was a great success of the entire municipal leadership that managed to solve ''a decennial problem'' and to place 148 hectares of social land in its property.

The European Union insists on the implementation of the agreed from the dialogue between Belgrade and Pristina, and above all on the establishment of the ZSO, says Aleksandra Joksimovic Director of the Center for Foreign Policy, reports daily Vecernje Novosti.

She points out that Pristina is avoiding this, and that the EU is aware that without the formation of the ZSO there is no continuation of the dialogue.

Director of the Office for Kosovo and Metohija Marko Đurić met with UNMIK chief Zahir Tanin today. They discussed the political and security situation in Kosovo and dialogue between Belgrade and Pristina, reported KIM radio.

Director of the Office for Kosovo and Metohija Marko Đurić emphasized that Belgrade wants the full implementation of the agreements reached in Brussels, especially those related to the Community/Association of Serb municipalities, which, according to him, must be established without delay.

Kosovo Cadastral Agency (KCA) announced that in accordance to the decision of the Kosovo government, it has registered under Kosovo ownership property originally registered under former Yugoslavia and Serbia. According to KCA, the immovable property in question can now be found in the Kosovo’s cadastral information system.

By appropriating the property of the former Yugoslavia, Serbia and the Autonomous Province of Kosovo, Government of Kosovo becomes the owner of the buildings, in which are placed Serbian schools and health facilities.

Secretary General of Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Serbia Veljko Odalović told RTK2 that the decision of the Kosovo government to appropriate Serbia's property sends a clear message "that Albanians do not want to solve the issues through dialogue, as we have agreed."

As much as 58 pct of Kosovo's territory - including state, private and "socially" and church-owned real estate - is the property of Serbia.

It belongs to the state, its citizens and institutions, and the state has the original cadastre documentation to prove this, Tanjug is reporting, citing former head of the Kosovo and Metohija Cadastre Slavica Radomirovic.

Kosovo’s Ministry of Justice has issued a press release specifying that the decision of the government of Kosovo to register as its own the immovable property originally registered under former Yugoslavia and Serbia is based on the Constitution of Kosovo and declaration of Kosovo’s independence.  “As an independent country and based on international law rules, Republic of Kosovo has automatically inherited ownership over Yugoslavia and Serbia state property as stipulated in the decision of the Republic of Kosovo Government.

The liaison officer of the Government of Serbia in Pristina Dejan Pavićević warns that a series of unilateral moves of the provisional institutions of self-government in Kosovo endanger the position of the Serbian people and damage interethnic relations in Kosovo. He said this in talks with UNMIK Chief Zahir Tanin and Head of the EU Office in Kosovo Nataliya Apostolova, RTS reports.

The European Commission estimates that the property issue in Kosovo must be solved within the framework of a transparent process, involving all the communities to which this issue refers.

"Issues related to property are sensitive and they should be dealt with and regulated through transparent and inclusive processes involving all the communities to which this issue refers. All interested communities must be prepared to engage in such an open and inclusive process," said Kocijančić.