STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS

• Nikolic: Serbia continues to rely on Russia (Tanjug/RTS/Beta)
• Dacic: There will be no future if past is the only future (Tanjug/Beta)
• EU encourages Serbia to continue reforms, normalize ties with Pristina (Tanjug)
• Vucic acknowledges EU’s objections (Tanjug/B92)
• Miscevic: Goal is all negotiating chapters to be opened in 2018 (Novosti)
• Brussels dialogue to resume Wednesday (Tanjug)
• Vulin: Western Balkan route very much alive (Tanjug)

STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS

• DIK did not establish election results (IN4S)
• Montenegrin opposition: We do not recognize elections on the day of a coup (RTCG/RTS)
• DF: We are prepared to support minority government (Vijesti)
• International observers: Citizens voted freely, election day went smoothly (CDM)
• Mogherini and Hahn on the elections: We look forward to swift formation of a new government (CDM)
• B&H CEC adopts decision on publication of results of local elections in B&H (TV1)
• Durakovic refuses to declare election defeat in Srebrenica, intends to file complaint (TV1)
• Grujicic: Nobody has any reason for fear in Srebrenica (Nezavisne)
• Dodik: Grujicic will base his policy on respect of reality (RTRS)
• OSCE Mission to B&H opens temporary office in Stolac (BHT1)
• EU FAC adopts conclusions on B&H (FTV)
• Veljanoski schedules early parliamentary elections for 11 December (MIA)

RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES

• Croatia Indicts Yugoslav General for War Crimes Again (BIRN)
• Florian Bieber for EWB: The Disappointment in Montenegro Will Continue to Grow (European Western Balkans)

STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS

• Rama: Serbia to recognize Kosovo as soon as possible (Beta/Tanjug)
• Vucic: Trepca surprised us all, I don’t know what to do (Tanjug)
• Dacic: KFOR guarantees implementation of Brussels agreement (RTS)
• Miscevic: EU should be more agile regarding issue of property in Kosovo and Metohija (Beta)
• Government decision on Trepca has legal effect (Politika)
• Vucic: Serbia wants best possible relations with B&H (Tanjug)

STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS

• B&H CEC rejects requests for annulment of elections in Srebrenica and Bijeljina, still no decision on Stolac (BHT1)
• Grujicic in lead for post of Head of Srebrenica Municipality (Fena)
• EUROSTAT’s Everaers: IMO concluded census results in BiH are valid and in line with intl. standards (TV1)
• RS’ officials react to EUROSTAT’s validation (RTRS)
• Djukanovic and Lajcak: Elections results to confirm Montenegro’s progress towards the EU (CDM)
• DPS: Electoral process endangered by DF (CDM)

RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES

• Serbia Keeps Key Rate as Fed Outlook Outweighs Slowing Inflation (Bloomberg)
• Croat President Highlights Russian Threat in London (BIRN)

STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS

• UN representative informed about Pristina’s illegal act (Tanjug/RTS)
• Nikolic: Belgrade-Pristina relations at lowest level (Tanjug/Beta/B92/RTS)
• Letters to UNSC and EU member states (Novosti)
• Office for Kosovo and Metohija: Pristina wants to also seize the property of the church (Novosti)
• Committee for Kosovo and Metohija session to be open for public on 17 October (RTS)
• Reactions to government decision (RTS/B92)
• Brussels postpones EC report, no new chapters (Danas)
• Court confirms ruling against NGO in favor of Dikovic (RTS)

STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS

• CEC publishes preliminary and incomplete results of local elections in Srebrenica: Grujicic has 2,000 votes more than Durakovic (N1)
• Covic: State institutions have to establish all facts related to Stolac (TV1)
• Ivanic: B&H Council of Ministers not to be reshuffled (N1)
• RS Assembly adopts report on results of referendum on RS Day (BHT1)
• B&H Constitutional Court requested to assess constitutionality of 1 March (Srna)
• Nearly 200,000 registered that should not have been registered (Srna)
• DF claims to have evidence that DPS is to commit electoral fraud (CDM)
• New elections – old tradition: Residents of Tuzi provoking DPS with Albanian flags? (CDM)

RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES

• OSCE PA vice-president to monitor election in Montenegro (Trend)
• Montenegro election becomes referendum on Russia vs Nato (bne IntelliNews)
• Montenegro's Risky Assession into NATO (The National Interest)

STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS

• Vucic: We are annulling Pristina’s decisions” Trepca issue not going to Security Council (B92)
• Nikolic: No more concessions to Kosovo Albanians (Blic)
• Djuric: Albanians unified, and we mediate over Trepca (B92/TV Prva)
• Serbia will prevent implementation of the Law on Trepca (RTS)
• Opposition demands urgent session of the Kosovo Committee (RTS/Tanjug)
• Patriarch Irinej: Kosovo is not just geography, Kosovo is our Jerusalem (TV Pink/B92)
• Kocijancic: Mutually agreed topics to be discussed in Brussels (Tanjug)
• Slovakian Embassy: Most important to continue Brussels dialogue (Politika)
• Serbian-Russian military exercise at Batajnica airport (Politika/FoNet)

STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS

• Izetbegovic: SDA Collegium decided to ask CEC to annul elections in Srebrenica and Stolac (TV1)
• Grujicic: Unacceptable threats and electoral engineering (Srna)
• Covic meets Moore, Moore announces opening of temporary field office of OSCE in Stolac (FTV)
• Coalition ‘Bijeljina Pobjedjuje’ plans protest in Bijeljina for Tuesday because of alleged election theft (RTRS)
• Interrogation of suspects in referendum case ‘Dodik et al.’ starts before B&H Prosecutor’s Office (RTRS)

RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES

• Montenegro Elections 2016: Profile (BIRN)
• Sarajevo exchange opens Balkans' first Islamic index (World Bulletin)

STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS

• Vucic, Eichhorst urge finding solutions through dialogue (RTS/Beta)
• Dacic, Countryman agree Belgrade-Pristina dialogue needs to continue (Tanjug)
• Djuric: Serbia is asked to give up its property (RTS)
• Djuric: We will protect Trepca in every way (RTS)
• Nikolic: Influx of migrants will be stopped by engaging army (Kurir)
• Rebic: Migrants have to respect law (Beta)
• Ivanisevic: 6,000-7,000 migrants in Serbia (Tanjug)

STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS

• CEC published new results for Srebrenica; Grujicic in the lead (RTRS)
• Grujicic’s and Durakovic’s comments to new results (RTRS)
• US Embassy: Once election results are confirmed, we expect all relevant factors to respect them (Dnevni avaz)
• Coalition ‘Bijeljina pobjedjuje’ accuses Alliance for Changes of election fraud, demands repeated counting of votes (Nezavisne)
• Local elections in Stolac most likely to be repeated (TV1)
• HDZ 1990 calls for repeated elections in Livno (FTV)
• B&H MPs comment Covic’s initiative to merge local and general elections (Oslobodjenje)
• Orepic: Croatia not to accept migrants who are currently in Serbia (Vecernji List)

RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES

• Deda: Binding agreement on the normalization of relations should be adopted within a year (European Western Balkans)
• Ekonomi: Balkans needs a unified economic platform (ATA)