Petkovic: Pristina's police have denied entry to another shipment of dinars

BELGRADE - The head of the Serbian government Office for Kosovo-Metohija Petar Petkovic said on Wednesday that, on orders from Pristina's PM Albin Kurti, the so-called Kosovo Police had earlier in the day denied entry to the province to another shipment of dinars for payment of salaries, pensions and social benefits to Serbs and other non-Albanians relying on incomes coming from the Serbian state budget.

In a statement, Petkovic said Kurti's police at the Jarinje administrative crossing had also treated representatives of the National Bank of Serbia and UK-based company Henderson in an arrogant and harsh manner, threatening to arrest them if they did not leave.

"The money was sent in line with established, decades-old procedures under which dinar shipments and all certificates are to be taken over by the British company Henderson at Jarinje and transported to the...