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)