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)