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A Serb enclave in North Mitrovica, Kosovo, has been a long-standing source of tension (Photo: morbin)

EU and US defuse Kosovo-Serbia car dispute

Kosovo and Serbia, with EU and US support, have ended a potentially explosive dispute on car number-plates.

Under the deal, Nato soldiers will guard crossing points between a Serb enclave in northern Kosovo and Serbia from Saturday (2 October).

And local officials will put stickers on car plates to cover up national insignia until a better solution is found over the next six months by a special, EU-chaired "working group".

"After two days of intense negotiations, an agreem...

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Andrew Rettman is EUobserver's Foreign Affairs Editor. He has been writing about foreign and security affairs for EUobserver since 2005. He is Polish but grew up in the UK. He has also written for The Guardian, The Telegraph, and The Times of London.

A Serb enclave in North Mitrovica, Kosovo, has been a long-standing source of tension (Photo: morbin)

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Andrew Rettman is EUobserver's Foreign Affairs Editor. He has been writing about foreign and security affairs for EUobserver since 2005. He is Polish but grew up in the UK. He has also written for The Guardian, The Telegraph, and The Times of London.

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