STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS

• Ongoing parliamentary debate on Gasic’s dismissal (RTS)
• Vucic: EP resolution good signal, different position of our country (Tanjug)
• Vucic to Breedlove: KFOR plays key role in protection of Serbs (Tanjug)
• Generals Dikovic, Di Marco: VS-NATO cooperation is good (Tanjug)
• Dacic-Breedlove meeting cancelled (RTS/Beta)
• Kosovo Serbs entering election race (Novosti)
• EU to demand Serbia to host and retain 6000 refugees (Danas)
• Djuric, Simic discuss political challenges in Kosovo (Tanjug)
• Belgrade sees ICTY’s request as pressure (Novosti)
• Car owned by Gracanica municipal lawyer torched (RTS)
• Ministry: Visit to Srebrenica postponed over technicalities (Beta)

STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS

• Indictement filed against Fahrudin Radoncic, Bakir Dautbasic, Bilsen Sahman and Zijad Hadzijahic (Fena)
• I will always gladly respond to the calls from judicial institutions (Dnevni avaz)
• Izetbegovic: Prosecution of officers of B&H Army an attempt to establish artificial balance (Fena)
• B&H Prosecutor’s Office dissatisfied with Serbian court’s ruling in Gojkovic case (Fena)
• Cormack: US is not toppling the Republika Srpska government (Fena)
• Croatian President Cabinet: No Conditions for Visit to Nikolic (Jutarnji list)
• Mandic: Referendum or conflict (RTCG)
• The Prime Minister’s offer to the opposition (RTCG)

RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES

• Euro MPs Criticise Serbia’s Welcome for War Criminal (BIRN)
• Why Ex-Yugoslav Balkans Reject NATO, Preserve Sovereign Neutrality (Sputnik)

STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS

• European Parliament adopts resolution on Serbia (Tanjug/RTS)
• Joksimovic, Hahn: Serbia is on right track (Tanjug)
• Request of Croatian MEPs in Strasbourg (Novosti)
• Sanctions according to UN and OSCE rules and in line with Serbia’s interests (Politika)
• Drecun: Archive that could lead to command responsibility of KLA members (RTS/Tanjug)
• Marinelli starts term as Belgrade NATO liaison office chief (RTS/Tanjug)
• Marinkovic: Clear plan needed against terrorism (Tanjug)
• Faktor Plus: Six lists in parliament (Politika)

STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS

• Izetbegovic questioned in B&H Prosecutor’s Office (Klix)
• Izetbegovic gives a statement about the appointment of Ambassador Hadzijahic (N1)
• Izetbegovic calls the court documents “a speculation” (Patria)
• Fahrudin Radoncic remains in custody, appeal rejected (Fena)
• Parliament failed to adopt the negative opinion on amendments to the Criminal Code (Srna)
• Sakib Mahmuljin pleaded not guilty (Nezavisne)
• B&H to finalize and publish Census results without further delay! (Srna)
• Croatian MEPS warn about Serbia's outstanding issues with Croatia (Hina)
• In NATO thanks to the results in Afghanistan among other things (RTCG)
• Defense Minister Jolevski in US: Macedonia deserves prompt accession to NATO (MIA)

RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES

• Migration And The Western Balkans (The International Post Magazine)
• Five stakeholders along Western Balkans route to establish standardized migrant registration (Xinhua)
• Constitutional Court Ruling Adds to Bosnia's Turmoil (BIRN)

STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS

• Vucic: Serbia will be no parking lot for refugees (Tanjug/RTS)
• EP to debate resolution on Serbia ahead of Thursday vote (Tanjug)
• McAllister: Serbia must not block Kosovo (Novosti)
• Veselinovic: Authorities preparing election theft “via bags with ballots from Kosovo) (Tanjug)
• One-month detention for arrested at Visoki Decani (Tanjug)
• News on postponement of Nikolic’s visit to Croatia is a spin (Politika/Blic)

STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS

• Izetbegovic called for a hearing by SIPA (Srna)
• B&H Prosecutor’s Office: We did not provide the transcripts; we will investigate how they leaked (Dnevni avaz)
• B&H Prosecutor withdrew the order to search Milorad Dodik’s facilities, accounts and transactions (Vecernji list)
• Dodik: I believe in the independence of the Republika Srska (RTRS)
• Interview with HR Valentin Inzko (Vecernji list)
• Competent only the judgment of the public (RTCG)
• Electoral Roll: State Election Commission adopts methodology for purification (MIA)

RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES

• 20 years after Dayton, here’s what Bosnians think about being divided by ethnicity (The Washington Post)

STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS

• New Vucic-Mustafa meeting in May, perhaps (Politika)
• Dacic: Serbia to keep pursuing constructive regional policy, but cannot become collective center for migrants (Tanjug/RTS)
• Stankovic: Security situation in Serbia’s south stable (Beta)
• Return of Islamic warriors to Serbia (Politika)
• Drecun: International community needs to step-up awareness (RTS/Tanjug)
• Dragisic: Matter of time when Islamic terrorists in Kosovo will launch attacks (B92)
• Djuric receives Andreas Michaelis (Novosti)
• Stefanovic, Michaelis: EU needs common approach to migration (Tanjug)
• Serb candidate for Kosovo president? (Novosti)

STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS

• Izetbegovic: The crisis is obviously nearing the end (Novo vrijeme/Fena/Nezavisne)
• Djonlagic: Coalition SDA-SBB stabilized Bosniak political factor in an important period (Klix)
• Tegeltija: Radoncic’s rights have been infringed (Dnevni avaz)
• Who is involved in the abuse of office in “Radoncic” case? (Dnevni avaz)
• Karamarko, Covic say B&H likely to become EU candidate in 2017 (Hina)
• Bektasevic is part of B&H terrorist network (Srna)
• B&H to take a loan of 900 million BAM from the IMF? (Slobodna Bosna/ATV)
• Djukanovic proposed to dismiss Konjevic (RTCG)
• Montenegrin foreign minister official candidate for UN Secretary General (Dnevne novine)
• 47, 3 % of citizens in favor of NATO membership (RTCG)

RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES

• Kosovars Arrested Near Monastery 'Linked to Syria' (BIRN)
• Syria fund to help keep refugees in Macedonia and Serbia (EurActiv)
• Kosovo – the defenestration of Oliver Ivanovic (TransConflict)

STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS

• Nikolic: Specificity of Kosovo, according to UNSCR 1244 (Novosti/Tanjug/Beta)
• Djuric: Warning to Kosovo authorities (Beta)
• Another attack on Serb returnees in Kosovo (Tanjug)
• Drecun: State will do everything to prevent terrorism (Tanjug)
• Stojanovic: Kosovo can become headquarters of religious extremism (RTS)
• Pressure increasing on EU member states not recognizing Kosovo (Novosti)
• Stefanovic: No threats from terrorism in Serbia (RTS/Tanjug)
• DS for two election lists (Novosti)

STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS

• Dodik: Referendum will be held (Nezavisne)
• Prosecutor’s office, Sarajevo politicians speculating (Srna)
• Jonathan Moore: Radoncic told me he will be arrested (FACE TV)
• Dragan Barbaric: The SDA-SBB coalition stable (Dnevni Avaz)
• Covic: I am worried (Dnevni avaz)
• Naser Oric appointed as advisor to the Minister in Federation of B&H (Vecernji list/ Nezavisne)

RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES

• Serbia Cuts 2015 Deficit by Almost Half Despite December Surge (Bloomberg)
• Montenegro Leaders Plot Ways Out of Crisis (BIRN)