STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS • Djuric: Thaqi’s call for Serbia to recognize Kosovo frivolous (Tanjug/RTS) • Djuric: Trepca should be discussed in Belgrade (RTS) • Djuric: Vucic to visit Kosovo soon (Tanjug) • Seselj not to attend delivering of verdict in ICTY (Tanjug) • Still no written verdict to Ivanovic (Novosti) • UNHCR: Serbia receives close to 1,500 asylum applications since January (Beta) • Pressure from Croatia blocks screening of the film about the massacre in Dvor na Uni (RTS) STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS • No one can be blamed that the consensus wasn’t reached (Novo vrijeme) • Dodik to ask that the official population census results for RS be published (Srna) • Bosniak politicians are leading country to disaster (Srna) • Examples from Prijedor show that RS is right (Srna) • Dodik promised to support the opening of the Ferhadija Mosque? (Klix) • Izetbegovic sent a telegram of condolences to Erdogan (Faktor.ba) • Tuzla Canton to host an important NATO drill (Klix) • Macedonia sends refugees back to Greece (RTCG) • Peaceful and mass rally in Macedonia held to support Constitutional Court (MIA) • Jakimovski: SDSM’s Protest is to overthrow the Constitutional order (TV Nova) • Foreign Ministry expresses condolences over death of Macedonian UN volunteer (MIA) RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES • Hashim Thaci: Kosovo Has Nothing to Hide (Balkan Insight) • Serbia's central bank seen keeping key rate on hold: Reuters poll (Reuters) • Karadzic’s Courtroom Drama Will End in Disappointment (BIRN)

STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS • Government lifts state of emergency (RTS/Tanjug) • Mihajlovic: EU invites Serbia to open Chapters 14 and 21 (B92) • Stefanovic: Serbia will follow Germany concerning attitude towards migrants (RTV) • Ljajic: Government sent report to ICTY in time (Tanjug/RTS) • Seselj: I expect draconian sentence (RTS) • Fate of 540 Serbs who went missing in Kosovo still unknown (Politika) STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS • Agreement on census results has not been reached last night (Srna) • Proponents of unitary B&H want population census results to be postponed (Srna) • Chetnik gatherings in B&H must be stopped and the perpetrators punished (Fena) • Radoncic left the hospital at his own risk and returned to custody (Klix) • Satisfactory framework for the inclusion of Serb representatives in to Macedonia’s political life (Srna) • Lange: A dialogue among parties is the way to reach an agreement (Pobjeda) • Migrants are starting to explore alternative, illegal ways to enter Macedonia (MIA) • Macedonian citizen, the UN Peacekeeper, victim of terrorists in Africa (MIA) RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES • 2016 Serbian general election – five key observations (TransConflict) • Foreign journalists fined for entering Macedonia together with illegal migrants (Xinhua)

STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS • Nikolic meets Putin (Beta) • Nationwide state of emergency declared due to severe flooding (Tanjug) • Stefanovic: No migrants enter Serbia after closure of Balkans route (B92) • Vucic discussed Brussels agreement with Eichhorst (Beta) • Djurdjevic: Emergency situation doesn’t interfere with elections (RTS) • Vukotic arrested after Interpol’s warrant and to be handed over to UNMIK (RTS/RTCG) • Abandoned house of a Serb killed in Orahovac set on fire (Tanjug) • DSS-Dveri submit electoral list (RTS/Novosti) STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS • Radoncic still in hospital, plea hearing today (Nezavisne) • Dodik: Coalition at RS level together in upcoming local elections (Fena/Srna) • EU Delegation: To finalize population census without further ado (Fena) • PM: Croatia supports Bosnia’s Euro-Atlantic aspirations (Hina) • Parliamentary dialogue important for Montenegrin future (RTCG) • European Parliament adopts its resolution on Macedonia (MIA) • Tense at Tabanovce: Migrants threatening to go on hunger strike if not let to enter Serbia (MIA) • Mediator Vanhoutte: There are no conditions to resume media talks (MIA) • United Macedonian Diaspora strongly supports Macedonia’s candidate Kerim for UN Secretary-General (Telegraph.mk) RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES • Putin Promises Serbian Leader Russia Will Back Claim To Kosovo (RFE/RFL/dpa/Interfax/TASS) • Kosovo Jails ISIS Recruit for Three Years (BIRN) • Squabbles Over Data Put Bosnian Census at Risk (BIRN) • Germany, EU have failed us, Macedonian president says (DW)

STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS • Djuric: Recognition of independence will remain an unfulfilled dream (RTS) • Government extends Djuric’s status of acting head (Danas) • Seselj’s hearing cancelled (Tanjug) • Elections in Kosovo with OSCE assistance (FoNet) • Petition for slating local elections in Kosovo and Metohija (RTS/Tanjug) • LSV, SDS, LDP agree on joint list (Novosti) • RIK declares SRS list (Beta) • Momir Stojanovic to independently take part in Nis elections (Politika) STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS • Izetbegovic: We have solutions for Mostar and election of the Croat member (Faktor) • Radoncic hospitalized (Dnevni avaz) • Census results might never be published (Nezavisne) • PM: Balkan route closed without any tension (Hina) • We’re not saving Krivokapic (Pobjeda) • SDP is the only party afraid of the elections (RTCG) • Hahn: Elections on June 5th are a key for solving Macedonian political crisis (MIA) RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES • UN prosecutor urges Balkans to bury hatchet, ahead of Karadzic verdict (AFP) • Fears grow on alternative migrant routes in Europe (EUobserver)

STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS • Vucic: Serbia follows moves made by Germany, Austria, Slovenia (RTS/Tanjug) • Balkan route closed (Mondo/Tanjug) • Why is Pristina launching the story on war reparations (Politika) • Selakovic: I don’t know whether Seselj will be in The Hague on 31 March (RTS/Tanjug) • Djordjevic, Li discuss defense cooperation (Tanjug) • RIK delivers instructions for elections in Kosovo (Tanjug) STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS • B&H is on the path to NATO (Vijesti Srpske) • Presidency of B&H in an official visit to Croatia (Klix) • Croatia and B&H signing an agreement on European Partnership (Nezavisne) • Dodik-Ferguson: To intensify implementation of reform agenda (Fena) • SMS evidence: Campara instructs Azra Saric to frame Radoncic (Dnevni avaz) • German parliamentarians sent a message to B&H (Klix) • DSHV sees Serbian politicians’ claims as threat to ethnic Croats (Hina) • Discussion on dismissal already on 23 March? (RTCG) • Krivokapic: Prime Minister to rethink and accept opposition’s demands (Antena) RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES • Slovenia, Serbia and Croatia move to close migrant route (AFP/AP/dpa/Reuters) • Montenegro Extradites Serbian Wartime General to Croatia (BIRN) • App Fuels Worries About Macedonia Voters' Roll (BIRN)