Northern Kosovo Residents No Longer Have Free Electricity, Endangering Local Cryptocurrency Mining

Residents of northern Kosovo, an ethnic Serbmajority area, will finally be forced to pay electricity bills under an agreement years in the making. The plan will end 25 years of free power and is likely to put the bite on energyintensive cryptocurrency mining in the region bordering Serbia. By radioevropaelire , kosovo, serbia RFE, RL provides accurate news in 23 countries and 27 languages. We serve as the trusted source of news where a free press is banned by the government or not fully established. We rely on our networks of local reporters to provide what many cannot get locally: uncensored news, responsible discussion, and open debate. RFE, RL also reaches Russianspeaking audiences around the world via the CurrentTimeTV digital television network, which has 62 affiliates in 15 countries; 201 distributors in 22 countries; and is available online worldwide. RFE, RL is registered with the IRS as a private, nonprofit Sec. 501(c)3 corp