Kosovo Premier Says New Rules on Euro Use Are Here to Stay
- Kurti defies US, EU calls to at least delay regulations
- ‘We don’t want to punish anyone,’ premier tells Bloomberg
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Kosovo’s prime minister stood by new regulations on enforcing the euro as the country’s sole currency, which have been criticized by the US and European Union as disrupting cash assistance to ethnic Serbs using the dinar.
Premier Albin Kurti said his government won’t interfere with the independent central bank in implementing the regulation, which took effect on Feb. 1. Speaking in an interview with Bloomberg Television in London, the premier reiterated that ethnic Serbs will be given time to adjust.