STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS

• Nikolic, Agramunt: Serbia closely watching attempts at including “Kosovo” delegation into PACE (RTS)
• Vucic, Agramunt discuss current international issues (Tanjug)
• Dacic: We will be a constructive neighbor to regional countries (RTS)
• Dacic: Serbia is against fences, but will protect its interests (TVB92)
• Dacic, Szijjarto: Two governments to hold joint session on 20-21 November in Nis (Tanjug/Beta/RTS)
• Drecun: Pristina wants to legalize seizure of Serbian property (RTS/Tanjug)
• Djuric: No one will keep me from visiting Kosovo and Metohija (Tanjug)

STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS

• Preliminary results for local elections show SDA-SBB B&H coalition won largest number of positions of heads of municipalities in FB&H (TV1)
• Preliminary results show SNSD as absolute winner of local elections in RS (RTRS)
• SNSD, SDA win biggest number of votes in Brcko District (RTRS/Oslobodjenje)
• B&H CEC’s preliminary election results indicate that Durakovic could lose position of Head of Srebrenica Municipality (TV1)
• B&H Presidency adopts amendments to Master Plan for Process of EU Integration of B&H (BNTV)
• Dodik fails to appear for interrogation in premises of B&H Prosecutor’s Office in Sarajevo (TV1)
• Counter-intelligence Serbian agent arrested in Montenegro (CDM)

RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES

• Migrants March toward Hungary Border to Demand Its Opening (AP)

STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS

•Nikolic: Serbia wishes EU membership, but will never recognize Kosovo (Beta/RTS/Tanjug)
•Nikolic: If we become a funnel, we will have to shut the border (RTS/Beta)
•Djuric: We have not agreed to telecommunication enclaves for Serbs (Tanjug)
•30 Days for Kosovo Police Director (Novosti)
•Zukorlic: I voted for Durakovic (Tanjug/Alo)
•Bieber: EU enlargement policy brought into question (Politika/Tanjug)

STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS

•CEC announced first preliminary incomplete results (Oslobodjenje/Nezavisne)
•Local elections in Stolac halted after incident and assault on members of municipal election commission (TV1)
•Coalition ‘Pod Lupom’ monitors local elections (N1)
•Izetbegovic: SDA is strongest party in B&H (Dnevni avaz)
•Dodik: RS has won twice in seven days (Glas Srpske)
•Bosic, Pavic, Borenovic, Ivanic on elections (Glas Srpske)
•Izetbegovic, Zvizdic, Radoncic, Niksic on elections (BHT1/N1/Hayat)
•Cvitanovic warns of irregularities in Livno, Neum and Ljubuski (Dnevni avaz)
•Berton: I am impressed by voter turnout (Dnevni avaz)
•Moore: It is very important that people are voting (Hayat/FTV)

RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES

•Hungary hopes to deploy thousands of 'border hunters' in bid to stop migrants (FoxNews)
•Macedonia Ruling Party Ducks Questions About its Wealth (BIRN)

STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS

• Kosovo police official arrested on terrorism charges (Beta/Tanjug/B92/RTS)
• Without progress in Belgrade-Pristina negotiations on telecommunications (Tanjug)
• Drecun: Pristina avoiding property issue (RTS)
• Vulin: Balkan route still active (Beta)

STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS

• Salihovic to appeal against decision on his suspension (BHT1)
• Mektic: Salihovic should have been suspended much earlier (N1)
• Cvijanovic: Izetbegovic and his policy are biggest and only source of instability and destruction in B&H and region (Srna)
• Commission for European integration formed (Oslobodjenje)

RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES

• Western Balkans to grow by 3.2 pct in 2017, 3.6 pct in 2018 - World Bank (Reuters)
• 'EU Member Candidate' Montenegro Cracks Down on Political Opposition (Sputnik)

STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS

• Vucic: W. Balkans tensions "return to dangerous level" (Tanjug)
• Joksimovic receives Calavera (Tanjug)
• Dacic meets with former members of European Parliament to discuss Serbia’s EU integration (Beta)
• Kuburovic, Calavera discuss EU integration process (Beta)
• Dacic, Chepurin discuss economy, visits by high -ranking Serbian, Russian officials (Beta)
• Jeremic’s proposals could give UN way to bridge chasm (B92)

STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS

• Review of constitutionality of March 1 as B&H Independence Day to be sought (Srna)
• RS President Dodik refuses to be interrogated in Sarajevo for safety reasons (RTRS)
• Reactions of other RS’ officials to Dodik’s invitation for interrogation (RTRS)
• Chief prosecutor of B&H suspended (Nezavisne novine)
• Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs against artificial politicizing of referendum on RS Day (RTRS)
• Preda: Russia’s support to referendum was dangerous step (Euro Blic)
• Izetbegovic: I have nothing to explain to Nikolic (N1)
• OHR, US Embassy without comment on Izetbegovic’s statement (Dnevni avaz)
• Mektic says Dodik is last person to face sanctions due to failure to respect B&H CC’s decisions (Hayat, RTRS)

RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES

• Nikolic: Izetbegovic has an idea on Dodik’s assassination (BIRN)

STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS

• First day of dialogue in Brussels ends (RTS/Tanjug)
• Majstorovic: Three chapters to be opened by end of year (Tanjug)
• Miscevic: We promised Constitution amendment and this is a clear plan (Radio Belgrade)
• Nikolic: Bakir must explain why he likened Dodik to Gaddafi (Vecernje Novosti)
• Dacic meets with Albanian ambassador (Beta)
• Jeremic ranks second in latest informal UNSC straw poll (B92)
• Serbia seeks to boost defense cooperation with Iran (B92)
• Chepurin: Medvedev coming to Serbia, date unknown (Tanjug)
• “Solidarity for Kosovo” renovating Serbian schools (Novosti)

STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS

• B&H Prosecutor’s Office calls Dodik to give statement in capacity of suspect in ‘Referendum’ case (TV1/RTRS/Nezavisne)
• Preliminary results of RS’ referendum published (RTRS)
• RS opposition: Referendum voter turnout would be insufficient without support of opposition (BN TV)
• SDA: RS Day referendum is illegal and illegitimate, RS artificially increased turnout (Oslobodjenje)
• HR Inzko: RS has chosen wrong path (Dnevni avaz)
• Wigemark: We are ready to react if threat to security and peace in B&H emerges at any moment (Dnevni avaz)
• HDZ and Bridge close to hammering out deal (Hina)
• Croatia considers RS referendum unacceptable (Hina)
• Croatia, Russia underline imperative of B&H’s survival (Hina)
• No boycott: Every entity which submitted candidates list must run in the elections (CDM)
• Imported Protesters: Colorful Revolution Protest for SPO with Little Support (Telegraf.mk)
• SDSM leader is using 'Colorful Revolution' protests to pave way for another election postponement (Telegraf.mk)

RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES

• Deal-making and dirty tricks: inside the race for UN secretary general (The Guardian, by Julian Borger, 26 September 2016)