The court of Amsterdam has not received a response in the case of the Scythian gold
The district court of Amsterdam has not received from the Dutch and the Crimean museums the answer in the case of the controversial return of the collection of Scythian gold from the Netherlands, date provide a written response again moved, said Last news Commissioner Fatima court El Hariri.
first, the court has recognized Ukraine as a party to the proceedings between the Crimean museums and the University of Amsterdam in the case of return a collection of Scythian gold from the Netherlands, while a similar application of the Dutch participation in the process was rejected.
first own written response was provided by the Ukrainian side. The reaction of the Crimean Museum and Allard Pierson Museum (the Netherlands) had to follow until 12 August, but the date was twice postponed. The content of the correspondence is not disclosed. Start date of hearing is still unknown.
"The parties have not sent their written response. They asked the court for another date, and the Court found it on 21 October, " said Commissioner of the court.
The collection of Scythian gold, about 2 thousand artifacts, was removed from the Crimean museums on Exhibition "Crimea: gold and secrets of the Black sea" in the archaeological Allard Pierson Museum in Amsterdam in early February 2014, even before the Crimea was reunited With Russia. Since then the Parties have the opportunity to decide whom to return the artifacts.