STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS

• Dacic: Remain consistent in not recognizing Kosovo (RTS)
• Vucic, Dacic to attend UNGA session in New York (Tanjug/RTS)
• Nikolic: Unacceptable for Europe to close borders to migrants while we remain open (Beta)
• Djordjevic: 7,500 illegal migrants discovered, 50 smugglers arrested (Tanjug/Politika)
• Miscevic: Confusion about EU will not affect Serbia’s reforms (Tanjug)
• Convincing SNS victory at elections in Bela Palanka municipality (RTS)

STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS

• B&H CC rejects RSNA’s appeal for review of B&H CC’s decision on January 9 as RS Day (BHT1)
• Dodik: There will be no postponement of referendum (FTV)
• Reactions of the RS officials to the B&H CC’s decision (Dnevni avaz/EuroBlic)
• Reactions of the Federation officials to the B&H CC’s decision (BHT1)
• OHR reaction to the B&H CC’s decision (BHT1)
• Mogherini, Hahn reaction to the B&H CC’s decision (Dnevni avaz)
• US Embassy to B&H reaction to the B&H CC’s decision (BHT1)
• Russian Embassy to B&H reaction to the B&H CC’s decision (RTRS)
• SNSD halts campaign for local elections in order to focus on campaign for referendum on RS Day (FTV)

RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES

• Iran, Serbia Opt for Broadening of Bilateral Ties (FNA)
• Top NATO Chief Says Balkans Threatened by Islamic Terrorism, Russian Influence (Sputnik)

STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS

• Presidency: Serbia will never accept independence of Kosovo (RTS/Novosti)
• Some progress in telecommunications (Novosti)
• Possible agreement on license plates (Danas)
• Maric: No double teams for ZSO (RTS)
• Mihajlovic: Nis-Merdare-Pristina highway priority (Beta)
• Dacic to head Serbian delegation to Non-Aligned Movement Summit in Venezuela (Beta/Novosti)
• Clark building a power plant in Kosovo (Novosti)

STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS

• RS Referendum Commission creates its own central voters’ register (BN TV)
• Zvizdic holds a meeting with ambassadors of EU member states to B&H (TV1)
• Plenkovic expects stable government with clear agenda (Hina)
• IDS official rules out possibility of cooperation with right camp (Hina)
• SDP to launch procedure for leadership election on Thursday (Hina)
• Macedonia Elections: Ad Hoc body for media monitoring adopts work agenda (Telegraf.mk)

RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES

• Refugees Pour Out of Turkey Once More as Deal With Europe Falters (The New York Times)
• Macedonia’s Amazing Disappearing Interior Minister (Global Voices)
• Eastern Europe Risks Losing UN Top Job Race (BIRN)

STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS

• Pristina expects international dialing code as of 1 October (Politika)
• Serbs do not want a double team (Novosti)
• Beyani urges greater security for Kosovo and Metohija returnees (Tanjug)
• Kozarev presents Sunny Valley concept to UN official (Tanjug)
• Dacic: Now they see who they wanted in UNESCO (RTS)
• Maric: ZSO Statute priority (RTS)
• Djordjevic meets Head of UN Office in Belgrade (Radio Belgrade/Tanjug)
• Morocco’s position on Kosovo to remain unchanged (RTS/Tanjug)
• Asylum seekers coming from Serbia have zero chance in EU (Tanjug/B92)

STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS

• Inzko: We did not react, referendum in RS can be resolved within B&H (Dnevni avaz)
• Moore: Referendum is redundant because the outcome is already known (Glas Srpske)
• Scott: Referendum would destabilize region (Dnevni avaz)
• Doboj-Prnjavor motorway section opened (RTRS)
• Croatia elections 2016: State Electoral Commission releases complete results (Hina)
• President congratulates HDZ and all elected MPs, says Croatia has no time to waste (Hina)
• Plenkovic: HDZ to begin talks with other parties on Tuesday (Hina)
• Milanovic announces withdrawal as SDP chief (Hina)
• Bradshaw: It depends on Montenegro whether NATO will build bases in its territory (RTCG)
• Dimitriev discusses elections, integrations with EU Ambassador Zbogar (MIA)

RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES

• Roth: Western Balkans countries need to come to terms with their past (European Western Balkans)
• HDZ leader promises stable government for Croatia, but can he deliver? (bne IntelliNews)
• Tensions Grow Over Bulgaria's UN Candidate (BIRN)

STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS

• Dacic: Region’s success in EU integration barely halfway (Beta/RTS)
• Exhibition dubbed “Kosovo and Metohija – Ten Steps” opened in Paris (RTS/Novosti)
• Tachi invites the Pope to Kosovo (Politika)
• Pope Francis could soon visit Belgrade and Pristina (Danas)
• Military-technical cooperation between Serbia and Russia (Politika/Beta)
• Mihajlovic: Highway to Pristina to be completed by 2020 (Tanjug)
• New round of Belgrade-Pristina technical dialogue opens (Tanjug)

STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS

• Ambassadors of USA, UK and France meet with Izetbegovic; Izetbegovic: It was necessary to heighten tensions in order to prevent referendum (RTRS/N1)
• RS Assembly sends its response to B&H CC (RTRS)
• Referendum on the Day of the RS will be held in Srebrenica (RTRS)
• OHR: PIC SB Ambassadors convened on Tuesday morning; HR Inzko meets with B&H Presidency Member Covic re letter on inequality of Croats (BHT1)
• Steven Meyer: Republika Srpska has the right to hold a referendum (Srna)
• Bled Strategic Forum: EU must find more efficient solutions to crises, challenges (Hina)
• Djukanovic: After 18 years of coalition, DPS likely to run in the elections independently (CDM)
• Djukanovic: Opposition defended Milosevic and now presents itself as the bearer of progress (Pobjeda)

RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES

• Serbia’s Budget Gap May Come in at Half of Government’s Plan (Bloomberg)
• EU Facing Risk of Collapse (Strategic Culture Foundation)

STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS

• Vucic: Western Balkans should be connected by transport network (RTS)
• Vucic: Serbia doing well but is far behind Nordic nations (Tanjug)
• Djordjevic: Serbia to maintain a balanced defense policy (Tanjug/RTS/Beta)
• Djordjevic, Bartman: Cooperation excellent (Tanjug/Beta)
• Schwendiman chief prosecutor of Special Court for Kosovo (Tanjug/Politika)
• Drecun: We need to see whether the Special Court will apply highest international standards (Tanjug)
• Belgrade-Pristina expert dialogue between 7 and 9 September (Beta)

STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS

• Zvizdic starts two-day visit to Brussels, discusses B&H's path to join EU with Hahn and Mogherini (TV1)
• Dodik: Referendum has greater legal power than Constitutional Court ruling (Glas Srpske)
• RS Commission for implementation of referendum threatens criminal report due to B&H CEC’s refusal to deliver lists of voters (RTRS)
• RSNA Commission for Constitutional Affairs calls on B&H CC to reject Izetbegovic’s request for putting decision on RS Day referendum out of force (RTRS)
• Covic: Referendum on RS Day will not be obstacle to B&H’s path to join EU (TV1)
• Restrictive measures for Fahrudin Radoncic and others abolished (Klix)
• First day of Bled Forum focuses on growth of populism and nationalism in EU (Hina)
• Possible expansion of new “troika” (Dan)
• Serbs to prepare for demarcation with Kosovo (Pobjeda)
• Kacer: Montenegro in NATO by early spring of 2017 (Pobjeda)
• Balkans at risk of new conflicts, experts warn (Telegraf.mk)

RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES

• Hungary's PM warns that the level of migrants entering Europe via the Balkans is set to surge as ISIS boast hundreds of Islamists have arrived hidden among refugees (Daily Mail)
• Serbian ‘Spy’ Suspect Arrest Leaves Family Mystified (BIRN)
• Western Balkans Fund starts work in Tirana (ATA)