Thousands of ethnic Serbs protested peacefully in northern Kosovo on Monday against the planned removal of the Serbian dinar as a means of payment in the territory. The rally in Kosovska Mitrovica was called by the pensioners’ association, supported by political representatives of the ethnic Serbs. Since February 1, when an order from the central bank came into force in Kosovo, cash payments may only be made in the official currency, the euro, and no longer in dinars. Under pressure from the European Union and the United States, the government in Pristina has not yet implemented this new regul…