Overview

• Kosovo police shut six branches of a Serbia-licensed bank over the use of the Serbian dinar.
• The ban on the dinar affects areas with a significant ethnic Serb population, requiring them to use the euro.
• The EU and US pressured Kosovo to delay the ban due to concerns for the ethnic Serb minority.
• Brussels and Washington urge Kosovo and Serbia to adhere to past agreements for normalization.
• The EU warns that the refusal to compromise jeopardizes both countries' EU membership aspirations.