Kosovo Govt passes decision on expropriation of land in north Kosovo

The property in question is the cadastral area of Dren and Lesak, KoSSev reported.

Under the Kosovo Government decision, the implementation of these “infrastructure projects of public interest” requires the initiation and implementation of expropriation procedures and valuation of all the registered owners' property, said the Government.

In mid-December the Kosovo Government also declared certain immovable property a special public interest for the implementation of infrastructure projects in Saljska Bistrica, Leposavic municipality, and in Jasenovic, in the territory of the Zubin Potok municipality, north Kosovo.

It is in these municipalities that a number of Kosovo Police special unit bases were recently built.

Expropriation of private land, that is, the construction of a number of bases in these municipalities’ hamlets caused the locals’ concern, who described the situation as “occupation.” They fear that these bases will in future be turned into military bases.