Officials of the so-called Kosovo Privatization Agency have broken into the Junior hotel in Štrpce, southern Kosmet, deployed their security officers there and took over hotel administration, the Serbian government’s Kosmet Office announced. The Agency has decided to close down the hotel with a view to selling it at a later date. Since 2001, the hotel has been used as a collective centre providing shelter for Serb families expelled from other parts of Kosovo in 1999 and the owner of the hotel is the Serbia’s Republic Fund for Pension and Disability Insurance. The hotel has been providing shelter for 85 displaced Serbs from Uroševac and Prizren, who are now being threatened with a humanitarian catastrophe, the announcement warns. The Agency has also taken control of the agricultural cooperative „Štrpce“, which houses the premises of Štrpce Municipality.
Source International Radio Serbia
