STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS • Serbia not to extradite SRS officials to ICTY (Tanjug/B92/RTS) • EC to analyze Serbia’s non-extradition ruling (Politika/Tanjug) • Djordjevic, Marinelli discuss Serbia, NATO cooperation (Tanjug) • FSS files lawsuit against UEFA over Kosovo (Politika) • Washington preparing plan for Kosovo’s NATO membership (B92/FoNet) • Ljimaj burned Serbs in a lime pit (Novosti) • Djurovic: In first half of four months of year, 2,484 refugees have sought asylum in Serbia (Beta) STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS • Single program for data processing not in accordance with law (Srna) • Dodik: Decision delves into essence of RS and is data manipulation attempt (Srna) • Deputy Chairman of the B&H Council of Ministers: Jukic’s decision is unilateral (Srna) • Reactions to the Banja Luka Catholic Bishop Komarica statement comparing Bleiburg with Banja Luka (Srna) • Reiner: Croatia strongly supports the integrity and functionality of B&H (Fena) • Montenegro gets new government, Krivokapic sacked! (CDM) • No early elections on 5 June, new date not set (Telegraf.mk) • Mogherini and Hahn welcome Constitutional Court’s ruling, urge parties to find common agreement (Telegraf.mk) • Meeting Zaev - Yee: Talks about country’s political crisis (Telegraf.mk) • Gruevski meets Yee (Telegraf.mk) RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES • Serb Vucic to Present President With Plan for Next Government (Bloomberg) • Will the ICTY’s acquittal of Vojislav Šešelj heighten tensions in the Balkans? (European Western Balkans)

STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS • U.S. suffocating UNMIK (Novosti) • Dacic: Status neutral engagement of CoE in Kosovo and Metohija (Tanjug/RTS/B92) • Nikolic to start consultations on government formation (B92/Tanjug) • Nikolic receives assurances from Algerian officials: We will not recognize Kosovo (Novosti/Tanjug/Beta) • Djuric: State border with Kosovo and Metohija will never exist for Serbia (B92) • Introduction into withdrawal of foreign military presence from Kosovo (Danas) • Who served Serwer (Politika) STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS • Izetbegovic: Crucial to harmonise Coordination mechanism for all levels of government (Srna) • Reiner didn’t address reporters because Croatian flag was not displayed at RS Assembly (Srna/Fena) • Crnadak: No opportunity to review the abolition of visas for the citizens of Kosovo (Srna) • OSCE condemns attacks against reporter in Banja Luka (Fena) • SDP to initiate Karamarko’s impeachment on Wednesday (Hina) • Macedonia’s Constitutional judges have different opinions but pass uniformed decision (Telegraf.mk) • SDSM: Constitutional Court’s judges did not decide on their own, but under pressure (Telegraf.mk) • EU warns Macedonia elections may not meet international standards (Hina) • Montenegro’s NATO accession protocol will be signed on Thursday (CDM) RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES • Montenegro’s Ex-President Marovic Faces Jail for Corruption (BIRN)

STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS • Dacic: Serbia expects assistance from international community, UN (Tanjug/RTS/Beta) • UNSC ambassadors address Security Council (Tanjug/Politika) • Vucic, ambassadors of Quint and EU discuss Serbia’s future (Tanjug/Beta) • Stefanovic meets Chinese Public Security Minister (Beta) • Raskovic Ivic: EU treats Kosovo as a state (RTS/Tanjug) • Bosic: An organized campaign against opposition in Republika Srpska conducted from Serbia (N1) STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS • Fraternal peoples by religion and history (Srna) • FB&H government continues with the promotion of the Reform Agenda (Klix) • Puhalo comments on protests in RS (Klix) • RS becomes member of European Commerce Registers’ Forum (Srna) • Members of B&H Presidency host President of Croatian Parliament (Fena) • Pandov: Elections will serve as referendum for Macedonia (Telegraf.mk) • Dr. Srgjan Kerim: Cooperation with Parliaments is crucial for United Nations (Telegraf.mk) RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES • Mitov: Western Balkans Should be Treated as EU Members (euinside) • Abuse, illness and extortion await migrants in Balkans (The Irish Times)

STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS • Dacic to attend UN Security Council session (Beta) • Vucic, Liu discuss Chinese president’s visit to Serbia (Tanjug) • Nikolic: Consent in important political issues between Serbia and China (RTS) • Pajovic: Presently, 326 Serbian members in peacekeeping missions (Tanjug) • Mihajlovic: Pristina wishes to prevent formation of ZSO (RTS) • Maric: Mentioning of change of form of dialogue is buying time (RTS) • Udovicic: Serbia to contest FIFA’s Kosovo decision (Tanjug) • Office for Kosovo and Metohija: FIFA’s decision most drastic example of politics meddling with sports (Beta) • Patriarch Irinej calls on Serbs to stay in Kosovo, urges returns (Tanjug) • Musliu heads Bujanovac (Novosti) STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS • Dodik: Elections, but at all levels (Glas Srpske) • Dodik: RS wants peace and stability (Srna) • Protests in Banja Luka (Dnevni avaz) • Protest of the opposition in Banja Luka (Fena) • 30,000 demonstrators gather in Banja Luka for rival political rallies (Hina) • Croatian Foreign Ministry dismisses Deutsche Welle’s Serbian-language as untrue (Hina) • DF MP were insulting Prime Minister, session interrupted (RTCG/CDM) • Only VMRO-DPMNE’s MP candidate list verified by State Election Commission (Telegraf.mk) RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES • Albania and Albanians in the Balkans: Great expectations and disappointments (Journal of Turkish Weekly) • ISIS in the Balkans (The Cipher Brief) • Bosnia police arrest five, seize arms intended for Islamists in Sweden (Reuters)

STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS • Ptassek: Germany supports Serbia's European integration (Tanjug) • Kozarev reacts to Tahiri’s statement (RTS) • Raskovic Ivic: Referendum on Kosovo (RTS/Tanjug) • Lunacek: I am not enemy of Serbia’s, but Kosovo is condition (Tanjug) • Moro: Progress made in regional cooperation despite crises (Tanjug) • SDP deputies to join SNS, Ivanovic requests their mandates back (Politika) • Marko Bastac, DS, old-new president of the Stari Grad Municipality (Beta) STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS • RS will not be destabilized on 14 May (Srna) • Reactions to Patriarch call on politicians to cancel the mass gatherings on Saturday (Srna) • Scenario of overthrowing Dodik, in a manner similar to colored revolutions (Srna) • Silence in B&H after Vucic’s statement (Patria) • FM: Croatia wants to be link between EU members and non-EU countries (Hina) • Balkans should be transformed from a powder keg to a secure region, says EC commissioner (Hina) • Mercep sentenced to 5 1/2 years for war crimes against Serb civilians (Hina) • The solution acceptable for Djukanovic: Popovic agriculture minister, Vujovic deputy Prime Minister (CDM) • IPSOS: 45% support for DPS, Djukanovic the most trusted politician (Pobjeda) • Gruevski-Haindl: VMRO-DPMNE committed to finding solution to the crisis, restoring citizens’ safety (MIA/ Telegraf.mk) RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES • Serbia’s Next Cabinet to Restart Reforms, Finance Minister Says (Bloomberg) • The Upcoming Balkan Explosion (New Eastern Outlook)