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Reuters
Reuters
Business
By Fatos Bytyci

Kosovo delays fining Serb drivers for 2 days after U.S. request

FILE PHOTO: Kosovo's Prime Minister Albin Kurti poses for a picture during an interview with Reuters at his office in Pristina, Kosovo August 10, 2022. REUTERS/Fedja Grulovic/File Photo

Kosovo has postponed for another 48 hours its plan to fine drivers who continue using Serbian-issued car license plates, after a U.S. request for a delay due to the West's fears that fines may trigger ethnic violence.

The dispute over licence plates has stoked tensions for almost two years between Serbia and its former breakaway province, which declared independence in 2008 and is home to a Serb minority in the north that is backed by Belgrade.

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