STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS • ICTY delivers verdict to SRS leader Seselj (RTS/B92) • Seselj: Only possible verdict from legal aspect (Tanjug/RTS) • Nikolic: ICTY a benchmark for a Serb (Tanjug) • Obradovic: Verdict to Seselj quite unexpected in Hague (RTS) • More reactions to the verdict (RTS) • Vukadinovic: Wind in the back of SRS at elections (Beta) • Nikolic: Thaqi president of non-existent state (Beta) • Agreement on mutual verification of diplomas in effect at the beginning of April (Novosti) STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS • Reactions to the ICTY’s verdict on Seselj (Srna/Hina/Fena) • Seselj ruling deals blow to prosecution, gives boost to Serbian Radical Party (Hina) • Initiative for the dismissal of Mirsad Vilic failed (Srna) • Is there room for Serbs in Mostar? (Srna) • Ivanic and Cormack discuss resolving the outstanding issues in B&H (Fena/Srna) • B&H and Serbia sign Protocol on temporary employment agreement (Fena) • 70 B&H citizens under investigation for terrorism (Hina) • Djukanovic: Some negotiations participants are afraid of the agreement and responsibility (RTCG) • Jahjaga: No irregularities in border demarcation between Kosovo and Montenegro (CDM) RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES • Serbian politician Vojislav Seselj acquitted of war crimes (DW)

STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS • Vucic: Refugee crisis has only been postponed, not solved (Tanjug/RTS) • Vucic to travel to Bosnia, meet with Croat presidency member (Tanjug/B92) • Djuric: UNMIK’s role irreplaceable (Tanjug) • Djuric: Brussels to resolve problem with blockade of trucks (RTS) • Miscevic: EU not asking Serbia to recognize Kosovo (B92) • Vulin: Serbian government to continue to support University in Pristina (Beta/Tanjug) • EU donations enable return of 100 families to Kosovo (Beta) • Obradovic: We are waiting for decision of Higher Court (Tanjug) • Antonic: SRS subject to blackmail, it is acceptable opposition to SNS (B92) STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS • Harsh statements between Izetbegovic and Vucic (Faktor/Fena) • Chances for a revision of the B&H genocide suit non-existent (Srna) • Izetbegovic believes that SBB will no longer block the work of the Parliament (Patria) • Meeting of Central Census Office postponed, no agreement on key issues (Patria) • Bosnia, Croatia can resolve outstanding issues through good will, officials say (Hina) • Juncker: Djukanovic’s role significant in the progress Montenegro achieved (CDM) • Lekic: 9 April – the deadline for signing the agreement (TV Vijesti) • Pajovic with Steinacker: Positive Montenegro opened government’s door to opposition • SDSM’s ‘Phantom’ voters turn out to be real people (Telegraf) • Paris terror attackers believed to have used phones purchased in Croatia (MIA) RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES • Kosovo Serb University Not in Danger, Belgrade (BIRN) • Serbia, Bosnia Leaders Clash Over ‘Genocide Lawsuit’ (BIRN)

STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS   It is obvious that we do not have a partner in Sarajevo (Politika) Vucic: ICTY has not contributed to reconciliation (Tanjug) Stefanovic: Seselj verdict will not affect political stability (Tanjug) Ljajic: Solution for blockade of trucks this week (Politika/Tanjug) Djuric: University in Kosovska Mitrovica to remain within Serbian jurisdiction (Politika/Tanjug) Debate on disputable issues concerning the University in Kosovska Mitrovica (Novosti) Ristic: Vucic and his associates wish to drown the University in Pristina into the education system of the so-called false state of Kosovo (RTV/NSPM)   STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS   B&H experts studying Karadzic verdict for possible review of lawsuit against Serbia (Srna/ Hina) Karadzic’s Defense to appeal to all Counts (Klix) Izetbegovic not entitled to launch review of court case against Serbia on behalf of B&H (Srna) Dodik: Lawsuit against those who were shooting at their own people at the Markale market should be reopened (Srna) Candidate for the UN General Secretary: Genocide must not remain unpunished (Patria) Orucevic’s Center for Peace offers a solution for Mostar (Patria) Djukanovic visiting Brussels, meeting top EU officials (CDM) Macedonia extends state of emergency on borders until December 31 (MIA) State Election Commission: Names of disputed voters from site inspection to be publicly announced (MIA)   RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES   Lunacek: Serbia cannot enter the EU without recognizing Kosovo (Independent Balkan News Agency) Election Deal Talks to Resume in Montenegro (BIRN)  

STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS • Nikolic: Karadzic’s verdict must not influence fate of RS (RTS) • Vucic and Patriarch talk about Republika Srpska (Tanjug) • Vucic, Chepurin discuss Karadzic verdict, neutrality, NATO (Tanjug) • Pak: Removing Kosovo from Constitution out of question (RTS/Tanjug/TV Pink) • Office for Kosovo and Metohija: University in Pristina important for survival of Serbs in Kosovo and Metohija (Tanjug) • Sixth day of blockade at Merdare (RTS) • Serbian Trade Ministry: Kosovo violating CEFTA (Beta) • SPS condemns attacks of Albanians on SPS candidate in Kosovo and Metohija (Tanjug) • Gorani to take part in parliamentary elections (Novosti) • RIK declares electoral list “For Free Serbia – Patrons (Tanjug) • Anti-NATO protest in Belgrade (Beta) STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS • Judgment – Result of international lobbies’ pressure (Srna) • Cvijanovic: Reasoning of legal arguments broke under political position (Srna) • Izetbegovic: Vucic should not worry about the RS's position (Nezavisne) • Dodik: Serbia demonstrated it is for reconciliation, others did not (Srna) • Multiple reactions to the Karadzic verdict (Hina) • Statement of the HR Valentin Inzko following the first-instance verdict in the Karadzic case (Fena) • New details on Markale and Srebrenica are melting away stereotypes of Serb culpability (Srna) • Kovac: Croatia to help Serbia fit into European standards (Hina) • Luksic: We are ready to accept the obligations of NATO membership (RTCG) • Raid in Montenegro hotels: 55 Russians taken for hearings (Dnevne Novine) • Macedonian Interior Minister: No police operation undertaken, boosted police presence in Skopje-Kumanovo region (MIA) RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES • Karadzic’s conviction and Serbia’s rights trend (TransConflict)

STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS • UN court sentences Radovan Karadzic to 40 years imprisonment (B92) • Seventeen years since NATO attacks on Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (RTS) • Nikolic: NATO bombing disgrace of civilization (RTS/Beta/Tanjug) • Djuric to Pristina: Don’t cut the branch you’re sitting on (RTS) • Azerbaijan blocks Kosovo’s accession to international conventions (RTS) • Dacic: No one should be lecturing us on human rights (Tanjug) STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS • Karadzic sentencing scheduled for today (Srna/Fena) • Dodik: Security agencies need to work together (Srna) • Dodik to Ivantsov: To get the Coordination mechanism which will be the result of a consensus (Srna) • Ferguson: It is possible to find fair solution for City of Mostar (Fena) • Drobnic: With dialogue to compromise (RTCG) • Boycott idea failed: 12 candidates lists submitted for the elections in Tivat (Dnevne Novine) • President Ivanov: Macedonia and Greece must cooperate in refugee crisis (MIA) • Croatia among most corrupt EU Countries (Hina) RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES • Serbia Remembers NATO Bombing Casualties (BIRN) • The Radovan Karadžic war crimes trial is Europe’s biggest since Nuremberg (The Guardian) • Choosing Sides in Serbia: Neutral or NATO? (Havard International Review)