STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS • Serbia sends protest note to ICTY; Vucic says it is not a note but a letter (RTS) • ICTY: Tolimir died of natural causes (RTS) • Dacic: We will not let migrants remain in Serbia (Tanjug) • Dikovic: Downsizing KFOR would have security implications (Tanjug) • Selimi is seeing new Kosovo recognitions (Politika) • Njemanze will accept to provide evidence to Serbia (Blic) STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS • U.S. Ambassador in B&H: I will not meet with Dodik (Fena) • RS government adopted the conclusion on non-acceptance of the coordination system (Srna) • B&H Prosecutor’s Office and B&H Court committed a crime (Dnevni avaz) • DPS’ offer is aimed at reaching an agreement (MINA) • Kumanovo Trial: We were told not to shoot at Police, but in the air (MIA) RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES • Europe's watchdog: Migrant crisis threatens Balkan stability (EUobserver) • Bosnia Judicial Authorities Uphold Hijab Ban, Despite Protests (RFE/RL)

STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS • Serbia requests interrogation in Nigeria on the Kosovo organ trade ties (RTS) • Drecun: Is it possible for Thaqi to be on the indictment (Politika) • Vucic: Hague Tribunal to learn to respect Serbia (Tanjug) • Selakovic: Government to send protest note (Beta) • Nikolic won’t support Jeremic (B92/Nedeljnik) • Parliament adopts law giving NATO freedom of movement and immunity (Novosti) • Rogozin banned from entering Montenegro (Beta/B92) STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS • RS government and its institutions do not support Coordination mechanism (Srna) • Coordination mechanisms pave way for EU membership bid (Fena) • Special Prosecutor’s Office of RS being abolished (Fena/Srna/Nezavisne) • Dodik: If I’m not first on U.S. “black list” it’s a defeat for me (Oslobodjenje) • Kremlin to realize that Montenegro is a sovereign state (RTCG) • Montenegro will be an important member of NATO (RTCG) • Brima Galup Survey: VMRO-DPMNE has more than double the advantage to SDSM for upcoming elections (MIA) RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES • Turkish Organ-Trafficking Suspect Gives Statement in Pristina (BIRN) • Macedonia's Former Prime Minister Threatens Revenge in Troubling Speech (globalvoices.org) • EU Hypocrisy + Refugees = Balkanization? (Transitions Online)

STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS • Serbian elections in Kosovo with the help of OSCE (Novosti) • Verdict to KLA terrorists to be delivered on 17 February (Politika) • ICTY: Serbia is not cooperating and making effort to arrest three SRS members (RTS/Beta) • Investigation into Tomilir’s death ordered (Politika) • Djurovic: Austria’s decision will affect Serbia (Tanjug) • Parliament committee approves agreement with NATO (RTS/Tanjug) • The Kosovo-Nigerian connection (RTS/Blic) STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS • B&H Council of Ministers secretly adopted a coordination mechanism (Nezavisne) • Secret document surfaces: Why did Covic and Zvizdic hide Coordination mechanism from the public? (Patria) • Secret adoption of the Coordination Mechanism is radical example of closed government (Patria) • B&H Council of Ministers supports Action Plan for implementation of priorities from EC report (Fena) • Novic: Consensus needed; Tadic: We are not Dodik’s scapegoat (Nezavisne) • Vidovic invited as a witness and excluded from Radoncic’s defense team? (Nezavisne) • At least seventy children from B&H taken to Syria by their parents (Nezavisne/FTV) • EU Ministers want Macedonia to serve as barricade to refugees (MIA) • Montenegro to decide independently on NATO membership (RTCG) RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES • Inflation, volatile dinar, to keep Serbian interest rate on hold – Reuters poll (Reuters) • Bosnians Stunned by Secret Adoption of EU Legislation (BIRN) • Macedonia's refugee dilemma (DW) • Lavrov: Montenegrins have not forgotten NATO bombs (Moskovsky Komsomolets/AP)

STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS • Vucic: Austria supports opening of Chapters 5, 15, 25 и 26 (Tanjug) • Dacic: We will close borders if others do so (Tanjug) • Djuric: SNS to convincingly win in Kosovo and Metohija (Politika) • Djuric: Obligation of establishing ZSO lies on Pristina (RTS) • Simic: ZSO will not be an NGO (Novosti) • We collected evidence on KLA crimes during Djindjic’s government (Danas) • RS Army general Tolimir dies in The Hague (Tanjug) • Ljajic: Difficult prison conditions led to Tolimir’s death (Kurir) STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS • No changes, we will submit the application for EU membership on 15 February (Nezavisne) • Dodik: Referendum on B&H Court and Prosecutor’s Office on hold until full consensus (Fena/Srna) • Dodik: B&H is not a legal state, and under the Constitution and the Dayton Peace Agreement, has no right to have the Court and the Prosecutor’s Office (Nezavisne) • Dodik returned the law on police and internal affairs to the Assembly for review (Srna) • Karadzic’s advisor Jovan Tintor arrested (Klix) RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES • Bosnia Police ‘Not Informed’ About Pressure on Witnesses (BIRN) • At the Macedonian border, migrants know time is running out (The Economist) • Greece struggles to hit EU migrant hotspot deadline (EUobserver)

STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS • Gasic dismissed from office of defense minister (Tanjug) • Dacic calls for support for accelerating EU integration (Tanjug) • Breedlove: Serbia plays important role in preserving stability (Tanjug) • Dacic: Romanians are not changing stand on Kosovo (Novosti) • Djuric on Kosovo presidential elections (Novosti) • Serbia to return healthcare employees to Kosovo? (Danas) • SRS to take part in Kosovo elections (Tanjug) • Patriotic bloc of Kosovo and Metohija: By giving control of elections to OSCE, Belgrade admits that Kosovo is not part of Serbia (New Serbian Political Thought) STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS • Izetbegovic invited the representatives of Bosniak parties to a meeting (Klix) • Dodik: Arrest of Radoncic politically motivated (Srna) • Crnalic: Indictment against Radoncic is an unbroken record in the legislature, which casts suspicion on the entire process (Dnevni avaz) • Dodik is not a threat, the threat is superficiality of various interpreters such as Dan Preda (Srna) • Support of United States and Obama to B&H is unquestionable (Novo vrijeme) • Sebastian Kurz: Austria will support B&H applications for the EU membership (Nezavisne) • Two thousand participants in protest march “Hijab - My Right, My Choice” (Fena) • Party leaders’ meeting (RTCG) • Elections and referendum on NATO in the same day (RTCG) • Zurof seeks dismissal of Zlatko Hasanbegovic (RTRS) RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES • Kosovo’s tough year ahead – five key observations (TransConflict) • Kumanovo Gunmen Face Trial in Macedonia (BIRN) • The Macedonian village that has become a people-smuggling hub (DW)