Serbia to demand review of ex-Yugoslavia property agreements

"It is like in a marriage - only marital property can be divided, and not what the spouses had before the marriage."

Does that mean Serbia intends to return the gold reserves transferred from Croatia to Belgrade at the time of the founding of the Kingdom of the Serbs, Croats and Slovenes?
(Amer, 26 December 2012 18:02)



This is an interesting question, if true.

Before WW1 the territory now called "croatia" was a mere district in the Austrian Empire. The gold reserves of the Austrian Empire were presumably kept in Vienna and not Zagreb.

Where did you come by this information about croatian gold?

"It is like in a marriage - only marital property can be divided, and not what the spouses had before the marriage."

Does that mean Serbia intends to return the gold reserves transferred from Croatia to Belgrade at the time of the founding of the Kingdom of the Serbs, Croats and Slovenes?

"Where did you come by this information about croatian gold?
(Michael Thomas, 26 December 2012 19:48) "

I was hoping Lenard would jump in with all the details, since I don't have them. I read the assertion at a Croatian website long ago, and it sounded like one of those things that "everybody knows." The discussion was about how the Croatians and others assumed they were entering into a federal structure, and the Serbs immediately set about making it a centralized state, including by transferring the reserves. Maybe a centralized state is in fact what the Great Powers had in mind, since the idea was to make a country large enough to protect itself militarily. If the story about the gold is true, the Croatians will probably mention it in the coming discussions on divvying up the state reserves and bank holdings.

"I was hoping Lenard would jump in with all the details, since I don't have them"

then why in the world would you make a statement? if you don't know something, then don't make a statement based on your interpretation of something someone else may have said.

"It is like in a marriage - only marital property can be divided, and not what the spouses had before the marriage."

Does that mean Serbia intends to return the gold reserves transferred from Croatia to Belgrade at the time of the founding of the Kingdom of the Serbs, Croats and Slovenes?

"It is like in a marriage - only marital property can be divided, and not what the spouses had before the marriage."

Does that mean Serbia intends to return the gold reserves transferred from Croatia to Belgrade at the time of the founding of the Kingdom of the Serbs, Croats and Slovenes?
(Amer, 26 December 2012 18:02)



This is an interesting question, if true.

Before WW1 the territory now called "croatia" was a mere district in the Austrian Empire. The gold reserves of the Austrian Empire were presumably kept in Vienna and not Zagreb.

Where did you come by this information about croatian gold?

"Where did you come by this information about croatian gold?
(Michael Thomas, 26 December 2012 19:48) "

I was hoping Lenard would jump in with all the details, since I don't have them. I read the assertion at a Croatian website long ago, and it sounded like one of those things that "everybody knows." The discussion was about how the Croatians and others assumed they were entering into a federal structure, and the Serbs immediately set about making it a centralized state, including by transferring the reserves. Maybe a centralized state is in fact what the Great Powers had in mind, since the idea was to make a country large enough to protect itself militarily. If the story about the gold is true, the Croatians will probably mention it in the coming discussions on divvying up the state reserves and bank holdings.

"I was hoping Lenard would jump in with all the details, since I don't have them"

then why in the world would you make a statement? if you don't know something, then don't make a statement based on your interpretation of something someone else may have said.