Kosovo has made a controversial decision to ban the use of Serbian currency as of Thursday, in a move that is likely to spark a new crisis.
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Kosovo may be on the verge of a fresh crisis after the government threatened to ban the use of Serbian money this week, with a chorus of Western countries warning it could ignite a firestorm.Western governments have lambasted the move as inflammatory, warning the regulation would likely destabilise already tense relations between Serbs and the Pristina government.
CNN Kosovo’s Prime Minister Albin Kurti told CNN on Tuesday that he would not surrender the country to what he described as a Serbian “fascist militia,” following violent protests in its north over the installation of ethnically Albanian mayors in a disputed election.