Amnesty ends for Kosovo Serbs to register their cars

A driver removes a sticker covering the national markings on his car plates at the Jarinje border crossing, Kosovo September 1, 2022. REUTERS/Ognen Teofilovski/File Photo

PRISTINA (Reuters) - Serbs in Kosovo will not be allowed to use old car plates predating the country's independence from Serbia as of Friday, an issue that has triggered the worst ethnic violence in the past two years.

Backed by Belgrade, some 50,000 ethnic Serbs living in the northern part of the country refuse to recognize Kosovo and have been using car plates registered before 1999 when it was part of Serbia.