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International Business Times
International Business Times
World
Ana Marija Ivkovic

Kosovo's Serbs Hit By Lines, Limited Withdrawals After Currency Ban

The disruption comes weeks after a new rule entered into force in Kosovo on February 1 (Credit: AFP)

Long lines snaked around banks in northern Kosovo on Wednesday, as ethnic Serbs waited to receive salaries and pensions in limited tranches following a government regulation targeting Serbia's dinar currency.

The disruption comes weeks after a new rule entered into force in Kosovo on February 1 that made the euro the only legal currency for payments in commercial transactions and effectively banned the use of the dinar.

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