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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Jon Henley Europe correspondent

Fears Kosovo-Serbia number plate row could spark violence

A motorist takes off stickers covering the national markings on his licence plates at the Jarinje border crossing between Kosovo and Serbia
A motorist takes off stickers covering the national markings on his licence plates at the Jarinje border crossing between Kosovo and Serbia earlier this month. Photograph: Djordje Savic/EPA

A row over car number plates in Kosovo is threatening to erupt into open unrest and one of the most serious regional crises in years as tensions between Serbia and its breakaway former province continue to mount.

The EU, US and Nato have expressed alarm after more than eight hours of emergency talks in Brussels on Monday failed to resolve the dispute over Kosovo’s plans to fine ethnic Serb residents who refuse to surrender their Belgrade-issued plates.

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