Kosovo shuts 6 bank branches over use of Serbian dinar currency

PRISTINA, Kosovo: In a move that could raise tensions with neighboring Serbia, Kosovo closed six branches of a Serbia-licensed bank this week that continues issuing Serbian dinar currency.

The closing of the Postal Savings Bank followed a request by other financial institutions that had stopped transacting business in dinars.

On Feb. 1, the Kosovo government required areas dominated by the ethnic Serb min