STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS

• Margallo to Nikolic: Spain will continue to support Serbia (Tanjug)
• EU ministers congratulate Serbia on growth, call for persistence in reforms (Tanjug/Beta)
• Hahn: Chapter 23 to be opened, formal decision next week (RTS/Tanjug)
• Protests in Decani (RTS/Tanjug)
• Hasani: We are requesting post of head of the Coordination Body and deputy minister (Politika)
• Albanians, helped by Serbs, silently occupy south Serbia (Sputnik/B92)
• Loncar: No harm was done to the guard (Tanjug)

STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS

• Kavazovic should drop hate speech (Srna)
• Ivanic: Kavazovic’s statement shows we must maintain RS (Srna)
• Meholjic: Kavazovic incites intolerance and hatred (Srna)
• Inzko, called on religious and political leaders to refrain from inflammatory rhetoric (Srna)
• Sefik Dzaferovic informed about the terrorist activities of the infamous El-Mujahid squad (Srna)
• B&H Presidency accepted the invitation to attend a NATO summit (Srna)
• Bosic: Serb representatives will not support decisions on the population census (Srna)
• VMRO-DPMNE: We will respect Constitutional Court’s ruling (Telegraf.mk)
• New protest in Skopje against President’s pardoning decision (Telegraf.mk)
• Gruevski: SDSM Failed in to sway public opinion, now left to rely on biased Special Prosecutor (Telegraf.mk)

RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES

• Putin to Hold Talks With Serbian Prime Minister Vucic Thursday – Kremlin (Sputnik)
European intellectuals call for replacing Croatian culture minister (Liberation)
• Vojislav Seselj Seeks Political Resurrection in Bosnia (BIRN)
• 72 Points of Discord: Erdogan Ready to Flood Europe With Migrants (Sputnik)

STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS

• Margallo: Spain will never recognize Kosovo (Tanjug/Radio Belgrade)
• Dacic attends ministerial meeting of Berlin Process (Tanjug/RTS)
• Stefanovic: Response to terrorism must be strong (Beta)
• Lawsuit filed to court over Kosovo’s admission to UEFA (Tanjug)
• Movement, practicing and shooting at “Morava 2016” Exercise (Tanjug/Politika)
• PDD wants to enter government (B92)
• Belgrade-Pristina dialogue to resume on Thursday (Tanjug)
• NATO expert team in Belgrade in June (Tanjug)
• An unusual proposal between two UN vehicles (Novosti)

STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS

• Republika Srpska does not wish to deceive or trick EU (Srna)
• Bosniaks in RS government request publishing of census results (Fena)
• Ferguson: Census should be seen as economic and not political tool (Fena)
• Head of the B&H Islamic Community delivered a scandalous speech full of insults against Serbs (Srna)
• Implementation of the Reform Agenda opens the issue of the capacity of B&H (Vijesti.ba)
• HDZ 1990: Archbishop Komarica is right, RS is the new Bleiburg (Patria)
• B&H’s Islamic Community supports Banja Luka Archbishop (Hina)
• The mastermind of the terrorist network in Bosnia and Herzegovina is former head of the Islamic community (RTRS)
• Expected decision: Assembly’s dissolution was unconstitutional (Telegraf.mk)
• Macedonia: Electoral roll to be revised again, voter issue corrected (Telegraf.mk)
• Macedonian President’s impeachment proceedings is complex and highly unrealistic (Telegraf.mk)

RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES

• Serbia's prime minister promises new-style government (Reuters)
• Pro-Govt Media Leak Macedonian Activists' Salaries (BIRN)

STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS

• Vucic to invite everyone to talks about joining government (B92)
• Gojkovic: Constitutive parliament session to be held by 4 June (Tanjug/RTS)
• Drecun: Truth about extremism in Kosovo not told (RTS)
• Schwendiman: Establishment of special court going in right direction (Beta)
• Halimi: Making Albanians part of majority fundamental (Tanjug)
• Ugljanin: They did not invite us in, but we would refused (Tanjug)
• Romania and Bulgaria not hindering Belgrade (Danas)

STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS

• Coordination mechanism has to be harmonized (Srna)
• Population census continues to be the main issue in B&H (Srna)
• Most responsible for destiny of Bosniaks and B&H: SDA fails to solve internal troubles (Patria)
• Indictment against Croatian general for war crimes in B&H upheld (Hina)
• New protests in Skopje, Strumica against President’s pardoning decision (Telegraf.mk)
• Macedonian President: Courageous leaders who would solve crises are needed (MIA)
• Council of EU: Debate on Macedonia postponed (MIA)

RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES

• Border closures across the Balkans inhumane: U.N. refugee agency (Reuters)

STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS

• Nikolic entrusts mandate to Vucic to form new government (RTS/Tanjug)
• Police, military cooperation in Ground Safety Zone (Beta/Tanjug)
• Stojanovic: Serbs negative about new Kosovo army (Beta)
• Court decides Visoki Decani monastery has ownership rights to land (Tanjug)
• Six deputies from Kosovo to be in parliament (Novosti)

STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS

• Jukic’s decision is forgery and attack on RS’s interests (Srna)
• Dodik: I do not interfere with operations of RTRS (Srna)
• Meeting of HDZ B&H, SDA and SBB held without representative of DF and SDP (Fena/Srna)
• Radivojevic’s candidacy - old trick of Sarajevo’s kitchen (Srna)
• For how many parties the citizens will be able to vote in local elections? (Radio Sarajevo)
• Government of Federation of B&H continues with the promotion of the Reform Agenda (Fena)
• Izetbegovic meets with the Undersecretary of UN Helen Clark (Klix)
• Egyptian national indicted for war crimes against B&H Croats (Hina)
• Ban Ki-moon: Montenegro to be proud of its position in the UN (CDM)

RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES

• How Kosovo Was Turned Into Fertile Ground for ISIS (The New York Times)

STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS

• Nikolic to hold consultations with opposition on Monday (Novosti/Beta)
• Vucic, Chepurin discuss cooperation, sovereignty (Tanjug)
• Kozarev: Justice on FSS’s side, we are optimistic (Tanjug)
• NATO: “Western Balkans is important to us” (Danas)
• Is Washington using Kosovo to push Serbia toward NATO? (Tanjug)
• Criminal charges filed against 3 members of election board (RTS/Tanjug)

STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS

• Outvoting instead of consensus (Srna)
• There is no approval of entities for publishing population census results (Srna)
• Popic: Adopted decision on the processing of the data is not correct (Klix)
• Dodik: I do not interfere with operations of RTRS (Srna)
• Talks about political and economic situation (Srna)
• Results of Bosnian population census to create new political crisis (Hina)
• Montenegro hopes to join NATO by mid-2017 despite Russian concerns (Srna)
• Amendments adopted: Abolished people will be personally able to demand withdrawal of abolition from President (MIA)
• Poposki: EU sees latest steps as encouraging (Telegraf.mk)

RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES

• Inzko: Hofer is not welcome in Sarajevo (Der Standard)
• Montenegro set to become 29th member of NATO (politico)
• Refugees tell of being pushed back into Greece from Balkans (AP)