STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS

• Dacic to attend UN SC meeting on Kosovo (Tanjug/Beta)
• Dacic: Serbia’s position strengthened In Kosovo (Radio Belgrade)
• Vucic: Kosovo MPs didn’t vote for Thaqi (Beta/RTS)
• Djuric: Serb List didn’t vote for Thaqi (Beta/TV Pink/RTS)
• Stevanovic, Schodder discuss migrants (Tanjug)
• Last parliament session on Thursday (RTS)
• Ivan Karic joins SPS (RTS/Beta)

STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS

• Lecture from History: Independence Day of B&H, March 1st (Klix)
• Ivanic: Serbs and RS will never recognize 1 March as the so-called National Day of B&H (Srna)
• Bosniaks celebrating, Croats only as much as they have to, but Serbs are not (Srna)
• Patriarch Irinej: RS to justify aspirations of all Serbs (Srna)
• Indictment against Milan Mandic confirmed (Srna)
• Reconstruction of Executive Power in the Herzegovina-Neretva Canton on Monday? (Patria)
• Analysis: Can SBB survive without the founder? (Faktor.ba)
• Macedonian-Greek border closed after 30 migrants got injured (MIA)
• Macedonian President is one of the most deserving people in the midst of refugee crisis (MIA)

RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES

• China’s Growing Ties With Serbia (The Diplomat)
• Bosnia eyes closure of radical Islamic centers over links to Syria militants (Reuters)
• Bosnia mulls courtroom headscarf ban for Muslim women (DW)

STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS

• Selakovic: Defence minister authorised for engagement of armed forces (Tanjug)
• Kosovo Assembly session interrupted (Tanjug)
• Stefanovic: Neighbors introduce quotas (TV Pink)
• Obradovic: Government to decide on ICTY order to arrest Seselj (Novosti)
• Zivkovic: Obviosly that opposition will not take part in elections on one list (Beta)

STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS

• Another SIPA operation unannounced to the RS police (Srna)
• Imposition of first-instance verdicts for Karadzic and Seselj in March (Klix)
• Albanian President Nishani finishes his visit to Sarajevo (Radio Sarajevo)
• Ambassador of New Zealand to B&H expressing hopes for further NATO integration of B&H (Novo vrijeme)
• Interview with High Representative to B&H Valentin Inzko (EuroBlic)
• Gruevski: People will decide at elections (MIA)
• Nikola Poposki: Both Macedonia and NATO benefit from country’s Alliance membership (MIA)

RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES

• Turkey’s 'Soft Power' Risks Backfiring in Balkans (BIRN)
• Increased police controls decided by Austria-coalition will worsen the crisis (New Europe)

STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS

• Bureau for Coordination of Security Services: All security services on full alert (Tanjug/Beta)
• Stefanovic: Full alert of services doesn’t imply sending the army to the border (RTS)
• Stefanovic: Follow-up to Vienna meeting in Belgrade on Friday (Tanjug)
• Cucic: Serbia should not follow others, but the example of Austria, Germany (RTV)
• Serbian, Greek army chiefs discuss migrant crisis, training (Tanjug/RTS)
• Elections in Pristina delaying ZSO until summer (Novosti)

STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS

• Covic after the meeting with Radoncic: Coalition is enviably stable (Klix)
• Dodik: RS will not recognize Kosovo (Srna)
• RS Constitutional Court: Vital national interest of Bosniaks has not been violated (Srna)
• Dodik: RS has the largest concentration of competences on the EU path (Srna)
• Krivokapic: DPS main Montenegrin problem (RTCG)
• Macedonian President Ivanov: Political crisis must end (MIA)
• Skopje: Diva Naselba trial continues (MIA)

RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES

• Austria, Balkan states agree tighter border controls (World Bulletin)
• Crisis or opportunity? How European countries use refugees for political gain (theconversation.co)

STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS

• Vucic repeats that Serbia is a militarily neutral country (Tanjug/Beta)
• Dacic: Serbia doesn’t have much maneuvering space (Tanjug)
• UNHCR concerned over growing refugees along borders (Beta)
• Drecun wonders whether Serbs will benefit from Thaqi as president (B92)
• Working Group for KLA crimes might include Mrkic (Novosti)
• SNS presents election list name (Tanjug)

STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS

• Gruevski says elections on 5 June will go ahead with or without SDSM (Republika)
• Zvizdic on agreements on EBRD Summit (Faktor)
• Mektic: Bosnia has 65 warrants for fighters on foreign soil (Fena/Srna)
• Will Radoncic be deprived of license for access to classified information? (Klix)

RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES

• Balkans Struggling on Human Rights: Amnesty Report (BIRN)
• Austria Wants a Full Stop to Migrant Influx Along Balkans (AP)
• Montenegro Parliament Set to Oust Speaker (BIRN)

STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS

• Vucic, Rama – “Russia factor” and campaign (Tanjug)
• Coordination of security services necessary towards resolving crimes in Kosovo and Metohija (RTS)
• Still no solution regarding disputable Kosovo textbooks (Danas)
• Stefanovic: We will behave just as Austria and Germany behave (Tanjug)
• Austria still without decision on refugees from Afghanistan (Beta)

STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS

• SDA-SBB meeting: Unreserved support for the continuation of the coalition agreement (Oslobodjenje)
• Covic: Coalition partners in revision phase (Srna)
• FB&H Constitutional Court: The new Labor Law enacted contrary to FB&H Constitution (Fena)
• SIPA undertakes necessary measures in regard to threats by Amir Selimovic against Bosniaks and Rais (Fena)
• VMRO-DPMNE: No valid arguments for postponing the elections, SDSM wants to prolong the crisis (MIA)

RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES

• Austria rejects Balkans migrants conference criticism (Agence France Presse)
• Montenegro will have to close borders if neighbours do: PM (Reuters)