Residents of Strpce: It is difficult for us to get used to it, the dinar was and remains our currency

It has been four months since the Central Bank of Kosovo issued a regulation banning payments in dinars, and the residents of the Strpce municipality emphasize that they still haven't gotten used to life without dinars and that the new situation is becoming increasingly difficult for them.

One resident, Jovica Simanovic, says for Kosovo Online that he now has to go to Bujanovac for his pension and that he had to apply for a new payment card to convert dinars into euros.

"How can we get used to it? Until yesterday, we used both currencies and now we cannot. I have to go to Bujanovac to get my pension. The last time I was there, I ordered another card so I could withdraw money at NLB Bank and then convert it to euros. It is difficult," Simanovic emphasized.

Veselinka Stojanovic points out that the situation is difficult because they are used to doing everything with dinars.

"It has been a long time since they took the dinar away from us, and it is still very difficult because we are used to working with those banknotes mainly. We will see how it will be in the future, whether we will get used to it, but it is hard without using dinars," Stojanovic emphasized.

Danilo Kecic also stresses that the dinar is the only currency for his fellow citizens and he expresses hope that it will come back into use.

"We are slowly starting to get used to it, even though we used both dinars and euros simultaneously. It's very hard because the dinar is our currency and always will be, and I think we should start using dinars here again," Kecic said.

Miodrag Markagic points out that after the ban on importing food from Serbia, the prohibition of the Serbian currency followed, and that Pristina continues to harass the Serbian people in Kosovo in this way.

"How can we function without our currency? I have been abroad, and every currency is functioning everywhere. I don't understand why they are doing this, it is incomprehensible. They took away our food from Serbia, we have problems crossing the border, harassment, everything is in their hands, and now it has come to the currency. There are thousands of currencies, and I haven't heard of any being banned anywhere," Markagic emphasized.