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Belgrade Media Report 15 January 2016

STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS

• Tear gas thrown at municipal councilors in Bela Crkva (B92, Beta, Blic)
• PM asks EU to come up with policy for migrant crisis (Tanjug)
• Ruling party official: We'll help PM make decision (Danas)
• McAllister: Stability through integration, cooperation (Tanjug)
• Kosovo to be on agenda of CoE assembly (Tanjug)

STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS

• Citizens – not political elite – will decide on B&H’s NATO membership (Oslobodjenje)
• Gruevski after the temporary withdrawal: We will great victory with you at the next election (MNA)

RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES

• Vucic charm offensive appears to disarm Serbian media (BIRN)
• Russian arms deliveries to Serbia "would restore balance" (Sputnik)
• Rogozin criticizes Croatia and Montenegro during Serbia trip (EurActiv.com)
• Hahn visits Macedonia to push through crisis deal (BIRN)

Belgrade Media Report 14 January 2016

STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS

• Vucic voices his hope in success of new round of negotiations with Pristina (Danas)
• Vucic: I'm not very optimistic, Pristina does not fulfill its obligations (Tanjug)
• Vucic prefers early elections to cabinet reshuffle (B92)
• Vucic "ready to resign, schedule early elections for April" (Vecernje Novosti)
• Montgomery: There is no real alternative to Vucic (Tanjug)
• President Nikolic against RS referendum – adviser (Danas)

STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS

• Dodik: I was not talking about Referendum with Nikolic (ATV)
• B&H Security Ministry secretary in one-month custody (Bosna danas)

RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES

• Kosovo to call for demarcation of borders with Serbia at upcoming talks (Sputnik)
• Hague Tribunal demands updates on Serbian Radicals’ arrests (BIRN)
• Zaev: Macedonia Not Yet Ready for Fair Elections (BIRN)

Belgrade Media Report 13 January

STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS

• Dacic: We are not satisfied with the implementation of the Brussels agreement so far (Studio B)
• PM to ask party for permission "to decide on early polls" (B92)
• Russian diplomatic slap to Serbia (Blic)
• Deputy PM tells Rogozin to "take care of his own state" (Tanjug)
• Dodik: B&H is where I live, RS and Serbia are my state (RTS)
• Vucic: Serbian national Srdjan Babic released (Tanjug)

STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS

• Izetbegovic: Coalition with SBB will survive despite setbacks (Klix)
• Abu Hamza could be released on March 4 (Dnevni avaz)

RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES

• Russia wants to build helicopter service centre in Serbia (Sputnik)
• Russia Gets Weapons Wish List from Serbian Army (Sputnik)

Belgrade Media Report 12 January 2016

STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS

• Kocijancic: Preparations for new round of dialogue underway (Tanjug)
• If Croatia drops plans to buy weapons, so will Serbia – PM (Tanjug)
• Journalists protest, ask that Defense Minister be sacked (B92)
• Dodik talks about referendum, terrorist threat (TV Pink)
• Kosovo: Home Of Serb returnees broken, Orthodox Church ransacked (Tanjug)

STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS

• Covic: Vucic sending messages of B&H’s future (Srna, Vijesti)
• Izetbegovic and Radoncic met after the arrest of SBB officials (Srna)
• More arrests on Islamic terrorism charges (Nezavisne)

RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES

• 'Closed' Serbian news agency with ties to government still publishing (EurActiv)
• Publish 2013 Census Data, EU Urges Bosnia (BIRN)
• Euro MPs Check Implementation of Macedonia Crisis Deal (BIRN)

Belgrade Media Report 11 January 2016

STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS

• Kosovo: 8.000 people participated in Pristina protest that turned violent, UNMIK voiced concerns (RTS)
• Stojanovic: Albanians urinated in Orthodox Church in Pristina (RTS)
• Dacic: Desecration of the Church is proof that Kosovo does not belong in UNESCO (Tanjug)
• Serbian President on the issues of Croatia’s arming, Kosovo and Russia (Beta, B92)
• PM meets with Rogozin, says Serbia "won't be easy target" (Tanjug)
• "Vucic forced Dodik to give up on referendum" (Danas)

STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS

• Dodik: Russia supporting referendum is "important" (RTRS, Alternativna TV)
• What has PM Vucic said in Banja Luka? (Klix)

RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES

• Kosovo Braces for Escalation in Political Crisis (BIRN)
• The Bosnian Problem: Milorad Dodik and Republika Srpska (Global Research)