STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS

• Dacic: KFOR – guarantee of implementation of Brussels agreement (Radio Serbia/Politika/Tanjug)
• Gasic and Stamatopoulos on NATO, Serbia cooperation (Tanjug)
• Return of Serbs to Kosovo-Metohija, most expensive and least successful in the world (Radio Serbia)
• Dacic thanks Kazakhstan for principled position in not recognizing Kosovo (Tanjug)

STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS

• DF Presidency: As of today, there is no parliamentary majority (Oslobodjenje)
• Dragan Covic: Partnership with SDA, DF is over (Oslobodjenje/Srna)
• Recognize RS ministries' positions in preliminary drafts (Srna)

RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES

• Serbian PM Promises 'Justice' In 1999 Slaying Of U.S. Brothers (Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty)
• Serbia Reaffirms Neutrality Regarding NATO Membership – PM Vucic (Sputnik)
• Macedonia Mischief (The Weekly Standard)

STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS

• Vucic: Serbia can count on U.S. support (RTS)
• Vucic offered what Milosevic refused (Blic)
• Dikovic and Figliulo discuss security situation in Kosovo and Metohija (Politika/Tanjug)
• Djuric: Pristina is not encouraging return of displaced persons (Radio Serbia)
• Brammertz: First degree verdicts to Seselj and Karadzic this year (Danas)

STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS

• Izetbegovic: Government can be formed without SDA, but I wouldn’t recommend it to anyone (N1)
• Dragan Covic: SDA-HDZ -DF not truly a partnership, reconstruction of the government needed (Fena)
• HDZ and SDA ministers outvoted DF (Nezavisne)
• Gratitude to the UNDP for assisting the institutions and citizens of the RS (Srna)

RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES

• Serbia Under Pressure Over US Albanians’ Murders (BIRN)
• Serbian PM’s US trip: Drifting away from Russia? (RT)
• Bosnia awaits pope’s message of peace two decades after war (The Irish Times)

STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS

• Dacic: Maintain stability in South Caucasus region (RTS)
• Gasic: Serbia appreciates Spain’s principled position not to recognize Kosovo (Tanjug)
• Accounts of municipalities in northern Kosovo and Metohija unblocked (Politika)
• Serbian-Bulgarian business forum (Radio Serbia)

STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS

• Sarovic: Team formed to create coordination mechanism (Oslobodjenje)
• Cvijanovic: B&H Council of Ministers cannot appoint RS government representatives (Srna)
• Cvijanovic: We will never agree to anything derogating from RS (Srna/RTRS)
• Peoples in B&H should be allowed the right to self-determination (Srna)

RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES

• Serbia's Evolving Energy Policy (Stratfor Global Intelligence)
• Premature elections agreed on in Macedonia as crisis exit strategy (Xinhua)
• EU and US broker early elections in Macedonia (EUobserver)
• Are the Albanians and the Americans now deciding the Macedonian Question? (Strategic Culture Foundation)

STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS

• Dacic: Serbia supports Georgia’s territorial integrity (Tanjug)
• Djuric: Somebody in Pristina is afraid of special court (Tanjug)
• Komercijalna, B92 Fund donate to hospital in Kosovo (B92)
• Keefe: Normalization with Kosovo crucial (Novosti)
• Romania to harmonize with EU regarding Kosovo (Danas)

STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS

• Western Balkan countries important for peacekeeping missions (Srna)
• Coordination mechanism is very important (Srna)
• Request of the Bosniak Caucus not accepted (RTRS)
• Djokic: There are serious intentions to destabilize the RS institutions (Srna)
• Radojicic: I’m not agreeing anything with the opposition (Oslobodjenje)

RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES

• Serbia - In Search of Gas (naturalgaseurope.com)
• Ruling Bosnian Serb Coalition May Have Lost Majority (BIRN)
• More than 2,700 vote in Balkans in Turkey’s election (BMI Research)

STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS

• Nikolic visits Ground Safety Zone (RTS/Tanjug)
• Dacic: South Caucasus important for European stability (Tanjug)
• Assistance for investments in Kosovo and Metohija (FoNet/Novosti/Danas)
• It will take centuries for 200,000 Serbs to return (Politika)

STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS

• Stabilization and Association Agreement with Bosnia and Herzegovina enters into force today (Srna/Tanjug)
• Daily recruitments of “Islamic state: members in B&H (Srna)
• “Orange revolution” targets Republika Srpska and Macedonia (Srna)

RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES

• Serbia looks to the West (The Hill)
• From Albania to Bosnia: Brothers Need Arms (BIRN)
• Macedonia Opposition, PM to Resume Crisis Talks With EU Help (Bloomberg)
• Russia Concerned That External Forces at Play in Macedonia Protests (Sputnik)
• Macedonia Crisis Linked to Fate of Turkish Stream, Russia’s EU Envoy Says (Novinite)
• Zero problem turns into zero strategy? (Today’s Zaman)