Pristina authorities thwart shipment of dinars for Serbs in Kosovo-Metohija

BELGRADE/JARINJE - The Pristina interim self-government institutions on Wednesday denied entry to Kosovo-Metohija to a shipment of dinars for payment of wages, pensions, social benefits and other incomes to Serbs in the territory, the National Bank of Serbia (NBS) said.

"In accordance with the years-long practice, an NBS vehicle transporting dinars came today to the Jarinje administrative crossing, where the cash shipment was supposed to be taken over by the vehicle of the Henderson company that is licensed for cash-in-transit services by the provisional Pristina institutions. However, the NBS vehicle was returned from the crossing without any explanation.

The dinars in question were headed for the NBS treasury vault in Leposavic," the central bank said in a statement.

"The NBS condemns today's incident most strongly and urges for the immediate annulment of...