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)