Citizens of Zvecan in front of the Postal Savings Bank: Europe wake up, see who is endangered

The regulation by the Central Bank of Kosovo banning the dinar has resulted in large crowds outside branches of the Postal Savings Bank throughout Northern Kosovo. There are still queues today in Zvecan, where gathered citizens - employees of the Zvecan public utility company, educators, pensioners, and social welfare recipients - are trying to withdraw money.

Citizens who tirelessly wait, sometimes for several hours, to enter the bank and withdraw at least some of the money deposited by the Republic of Serbia, shared their dissatisfaction with Kosovo Online and explained the situation they were in after the implementation of this regulation.

"Look at this sad picture in today's free Europe. Today, we can't even withdraw our honestly earned salaries or pensions, just like these young people. Europe, wake up and see who is endangered. Help, because we, the Serbs in Kosovo, are truly endangered. How am I coping? Not at all. I'm 74 years old. I have younger friends; we're trying to go to Raska. Here you can sometimes withdraw up to five thousand, we don't have the conditions, we are occupied," pensioner Dusan Milenkovic says, adding that he has never experienced a worse situation, and as he says, genocide, but he will not leave his homeland.

Marko Radivojevic emphasizes that he's not sure if everyone will manage to withdraw their money because there has been a massive crowd for days.

"This is a disaster, I don't know where this is going and how long it can go on like this. We hope that a compromise will be found and that common sense will prevail. It all started with the ban on Serbian goods, then medicines, and now even dinars. I really don't know; I believe that there will be some compromise, and we hope for the best," Radivojevic says.

Tamara Radivojevic says she is unable to withdraw her salary due to the overall situation in Kosovo.

"It's very difficult for us, especially for us young people. We are disappointed, and I hope the situation will be resolved as soon as possible because we want to work here and live on our ancestral land," she says.

Zorica Nedeljkovic, who receives social assistance and is a mother of three children, says that one cannot live without money, and she has been waiting in line for over an hour.

"We need it for necessities, groceries, and a normal life because you can't live without money. It's a big struggle to withdraw a certain amount of money, and we rely on this social assistance. We're struggling to cope," she emphasizes, adding that it's difficult to travel to Raska because money is necessary for that.