‘Giant step forward’: Kosovo, Serbia reach deal on vehicle plates

Women march in the northern part of Kosovska Mitrovica in protest against planned fines by Kosovo authorities for those who refuse to change their Belgrade issued vehicle registration plates [Bojan Slavkovic/ AP]

Kosovo and Serbia have reached a deal to end a long-running dispute over vehicle licence plates that the European Union had warned could trigger ethnic violence.

Josep Borrell, the EU’s foreign policy chief, announced the agreement on Twitter on Wednesday.