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A clothing store Gracanica, central Kosovo, where a ban on the Serbian dinar has spurred frustration and anger

World

‘Fed up’: Dinar currency ban bites in Kosovo

In the central Kosovo town of Gracanica, posters advertising “10 euro return tickets” to Serbia flutter on the walls as ethnic Serbs wearily organise...

AFPJuly 10, 2024

Prime Minister Milos Vucevic insists that Serbia is not one of the 'belligerents' in the war between Ukraine and Russia despite its ammunition likely being supplied to Kyiv

World

Serbia prepared to make compromises with Kosovo: PM

Serbia’s new government is prepared to make “compromises” over Kosovo, Prime Minister Milos Vucevic told AFP during a wide-ranging interview on Tuesday. Since taking...

AFPJune 25, 2024

Only 253 out of some 45,000 eligible voters cast ballots

World

Serb majority in North Kosovo boycotts vote on ethnic Albanian mayors

Ethnic Serbs in Kosovo’s tense north on Sunday boycotted an extraordinary local election on whether to oust their ethnic Albanian mayors in a territory...

AFPApril 21, 2024

The disruption comes weeks after a new rule entered into force in Kosovo on February 1

World

Kosovo’s Serbs hit by lines, limited withdrawals after currency ban

Long lines snaked around banks in northern Kosovo on Wednesday, as ethnic Serbs waited to receive salaries and pensions in limited tranches following a...

AFPFebruary 21, 2024

'Normalisation of relations with Serbia I wish for this year,' Kosovo's Prime Minister Albin Kurti said

World

Kosovo says Serbian dinar ‘not banned’ but only euros legal

The Serbian dinar is not officially “banned” in Kosovo, Prime Minister Albin Kurti told AFP on Wednesday, but he emphasised that only the euro...

AFPFebruary 7, 2024

Several banks in Serb-populated areas of northern Kosovo closed as confusion over the dinar reigned

World

Kosovo delays enforcing ban on Serbian currency

Kosovo said Wednesday that it will not immediately enforce a ban on the use of the Serbian dinar there after an outcry from Western...

AFPJanuary 31, 2024

The move is likely to spark the latest in a long series of conflicts with Kosovo's Serb minority

World

Kosovo ban on Serbian dinar risks new crisis

Kosovo may be on the verge of a fresh crisis after the government threatened to ban the use of Serbian money this week, with...

AFPJanuary 31, 2024

Britain's Foreign Secretary David Cameron (L) met with Kosovo President Vjosa Osmani in Pristina

World

UK’s Cameron stresses Balkan peace on visit to Kosovo

UK Foreign Secretary David Cameron on Thursday stressed the importance of maintaining peace and stability in the Western Balkans, committing £45 million ($57 million) to shoring up security...

AFPJanuary 4, 2024