10 minutes agoSerbian dinar ban, US seeking review of regulation
Periskopi(2 years ago)
(2 years ago)For the approved regulation of the CEC, which goes into effect from the beginning of next month, which does not allow circulation of currency other than euro, reactions have also come from the United States, with the call for the document to be reviewed in question. An American Embassy spokesman in Pristina has said [...]
She was born an adult in Kosovo, but Dragan Stolic almost throughout his life the only currency he has used is the dinar.
Serbia, who resides in the Gracanica municipality, says he never thought he would have thought before that this currency could not be used.
But the problem is big for the whole, like social pension, we've grown up in winter, all with Albin Kurti and all of us. The problem is politicians, it's not the problem among the people, we're not asked what the dinar or euro are worth, said Dragan Stolic, resident of Gracanica.
Although they do not want to speak to the camera, other residents of this municipality are finding their decision inappropriate.
Surrounded by majority Albanian municipalities, in Gracanica dinar is the main currency Serbs use, despite its always being illegal.
This bottle of water here at a market in the municipality of Gracanica cost about 50 dinars, but the moment the vendor notes that one person is not from their community accepts the euro money.
Days ago, the Board of Central Bank of Kosovo has adopted the new regulation for Operations with US Money.
Under this regulation, the only currency allowed to be used for conducting cash payment transactions and in the payment system in Kosovo is euros.
After the European Union, the US has reacted against this decision.
A spokesman for the American Embassy in Pristina has told Radio Free Europe that the Kosovo government should consult with communities affected by the decision.
“We are concerned that the regulation adopted on December 27th will have a negative impact on the Serb community in Kosovo. Under Kosovo's laws, as well as the pledges Kosovo has made with the Ahtisaari Plan, Serbia has the right to send financial assistance to members of the Serb community in Kosovo”.
But the immediate was the government's response.
There is no logic that in one case there should be insistence on the international community that the Constitution should be implemented as it is about the land of the Decani Monastery, then when it comes to Article 11 of the Constitution that says there's only one currency for circulation in Kosovo, the same friends say not to do so. The constitution is either sacred and must either be implemented or be made executive”, Deputy Prime Minister Besnik Bislimi has said.
From February 1st in Kosovo, payments could only be made with euro currency.
