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)