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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Helena Smith and Lisa O'Carroll

Kosovo accused of raising ethnic tensions by banning use of Serbian dinar

Close-up of a hand holding a 100-dinar note.
Tens of thousands of ethnic Serbs in Kosovo receive dinar-denominated pensions and salaries. Photograph: Valdrin Xhemaj/Reuters

The US has accused authorities in Kosovo of “unnecessarily raising ethnic tensions” after the government imposed a ban on Serbia’s currency and instructed its Serb minority to adopt the euro.

Police raids ordered by Pristina’s interior ministry on four organisations working in Serb-populated areas, which came days after the currency switch, have intensified fears of the security situation deteriorating.

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