STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS • Top state officials welcome Chinese president (B92/Beta/RTS) • Dacic: Migrant crisis serious challenge for region, Europe (Tanjug/Politika/RTS/Beta) • Stefanovic receives Belgium’s federal prosecutor (Tanjug) • EU Parliament investigating case on exhibition devoted to Stepinac (RTS) STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS • Ivanic: Republika Srpska should publish its own census results (Srna) • RS representatives meet with most influential people of Russia (RTRS) • Crnadak meets with Kovac and Dacic (FTV/BHT1) • Mostar citizens will most likely be unable to vote in this year’s local elections (TV1) • Moore: Issue of City of Mostar represents biggest problem in regards to local elections (TV1) • Grabar-Kitarovic urged the Parliament Speaker to convene a session at which the 151-seat legislature would be dissolved (Hina) • Croatian Government falls after no-confidence motion (Hina) • Oreskovic: Snap election best solution (Hina) • Petrov: Bridge in favor of early election, hopefully in autumn (Hina) • Rocen: We did not expect Russia to applaud our decision (Pobjeda) • Blocked Bridges: Dozens of cars of “Colorful Revolutionaries” paralyze Skopje traffic (Telegraf.mk) RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES • Applications deferred (The Economist, 18 June 2016) • Kosovo Hacker Who Aided ISIS Pleads Guilty and Awaits Sentencing (Softpedia)

STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS • Djuric: Brussels must react to preserve credibility (RTS/Tanjug) • Dittmann, Moro hope Chapters 23, 24 will be opened soon (Tanjug) • Dacic vehemently condemns EP’s Stepinac exhibition (Tanjug) • Miscevic believes EU-Serbia relations have not deteriorated (RTV) • Serbian, Bosnian defense minister on cooperation and migrant crisis (Beta) • Enduring Friendship and True Partnership (Politika, author text by Xi Jinping, President of the People’s Republic of China) STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS • Emergency session of the B&H PA on population census ended without conclusions reached (Srna) • Zvizdic – Hahn: Doors of the EU are open for B&H (Fena/Patira) • Sarovic confirmed: Adoption of the SAA by year’s end (Patria) • Denying Bosnian language means denying Dayton Peace Accord (Patria) • The 24th anniversary of the killings and expulsion of Serbs from the Neretva river valley marked (Srna) • Karamarko resigns as First Deputy PM (Hina) • Oreskovic calls for defusing tensions (Hina) • Petrov: Bridge has not changed its stance (Hina) • SNP to submit resolution on NATO referendum (CDM) • Macedonia: Coup case resumes in Court (Telegraf.mk) • Crisis in Macedonia to be resolved institutionally, says Russian Ambassador (MIA) RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES • China to strengthen partnership with Serbia (CCTV) • Balkans Look to NATO as Russia’s Influence Wanes (Voice of America)

STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS • Nikolic: Romania’s position on Kosovo and Metohija important (Novosti) • Djuric: Serbia can join EU only as integral country (Politika) • Jevtic: Sunny Valley project is no colonization (RTS) • EULEX mandate extended (Beta) • Zheleznyak: Russia worried about NATO in Balkans - and Serbia in EU (Beta) • Distrust and accusations during Vucic’s meeting with Davenport and Scott (Danas) • Bundestag MPs contemplating about a new initiative for the Balkans (Danas) • Dikovic, Benko on military cooperation and migrant crisis (Beta) STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS • Dodik: RS is not ready to sacrifice its autonomy for the European path (Nezavisne) • Dodik gave unreserved support to Mostar Serbs in their efforts to get an equal status (Srna) • Emergency session dedicated to B&H population census scheduled for today (Srna/Fena) • Issue of joint bodies resolved (Srna) • Karamarko to step down as Deputy PM - unofficial sources (Hina) • Orepic: Unity solution for migrants; Sobotka: Army to defend borders if necessary (HRT) • Ratification process would not last long (Pobjeda) • Protests resumes in Skopje (Telegraf.mk) • Macedonia: Parliament continues debate on proposed impeachment of President Ivanov (Telegraf.mk) RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES • Interview: Serbia-China friendship as strong as the Great Wall: Serbian president (Xinhua) • Xi's visit to enhance Sino-Serbian ties: ambassador (Xinhua, 15 June 2016) • China's Xi to sign trade, aviation deals on eastern Europe visit (Reuters) • Bosnia Herzegovina: the rebellious Muslims (Osservatorio Balcani e Caucaso)

STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS • Chinese, Serbian Presidents to sign strategic cooperation agreement in Belgrade (Beta) • Vucic: We remain devoted to EU membership (RTS/Tanjug) • Djuric: Mechanism for returning property to displaced lacking (Tanjug) • Vulin: Belgrade not to accept migrants forcibly turned back (Tanjug) • Kocijancic: We expect Vucic in Brussels once government is formed (Tanjug) • Germany: Serbia will have to introduce sanctions to Russia (Danas) STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS • B&H Council of Ministers to discuss census (Klix) • Izetbegovic’s visit to Kazani is a contribution to reconciliation (Novo vrijeme) • Interview with High Representative Valentin Inzko (Vecernji list) • HDZ official: Parliament to vote on PM’s impeachment today (Hina) • Indictment against Serb paramilitary leader upheld (Hina) • Organization behind protests in Macedonia “CANVAS” is as dangerous as Al Qaeda and Islamic State (Telegraf.mk) RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES • New law allows Hungary police to return migrants beyond border fence (Reuters) • Bosnian children with Islamic State are 'time bomb', study says (Reuters) • Without the EU, old demons will return to the Balkans (The National)

STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS • Vucic cancels trip to Brussels and meetings in U.S. (Politika) • Scott, Davenport: Support to reforms and Vucic’s EU plan (RTS/Tanjug) • Djordjevic, Li Manchang agree to step up Serbian-Chinese military cooperation (Beta) • Chepurin: False democrats want weak Serbian government (Novosti) • Serbia cannot join EU without Kosovo becoming UN member (Danas) STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS • Referendum and local elections should be held on the same day (Klix) • Ivanic: No one has the right to criticize Serbs for the responses that will follow (Srna) • Dodik comments on the language in RS (Srna) • Why is the proposal by the European Commission inacceptable for the RS? (Faktor) • HDZ official: Zdravko Maric the HDZ’s candidate for the Prime Minister (Nova TV) • NATO: Montenegro must increase its defense budget (Pobjeda) RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES • Serbian Officials Express High Hopes for Xi's Visit (CRI Online) • Serbs protest demolitions for UAE-investment project (AP) • Serbia’s New Parliament: Debating Chamber or Reality Show? (BIRN)