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EU raises alarm over escalating Serbia, Kosovo car plates dispute

The dispute over licence plates has stoked tensions for almost two years between Serbia and Kosovo [File: Ognen Teofilovski/Reuters]

The European Union’s foreign policy chief has warned of “escalation and violence” after emergency talks between Kosovo and Serbia failed to resolve their long-running dispute over car licence plates used by the ethnic Serb minority in Kosovo.

Amid rising tensions between the Balkans neighbours, the EU’s high representative, Josep Borrell, invited Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic and Kosovo Prime Minister Albin Kurti to Brussels for emergency talks on Monday.

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