STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS • Vucic: Platform for Kosovo and Metohija is a serious text (RTS/Tanjug/Radio Serbia/B92) • Dacic: Events in Kumanovo might destabilize the region (Radio Serbia) • Where is Nikolic’s platform for Kosovo? (Politika) • Seselj warning – terrorists in Belgrade (Beta) STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS • B&H and Turkey: High level of economic cooperation, but could be better (Srna) • Croatian MEPs call for urgent solving of crisis in Macedonia (Hina) • USA: Western Balkans nursery of jihadists (Republika) RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES • Macedonia talks yield no breakthroughs (AFP) • Macedonia's Gruevski, Zaev Fail to Reach Agreement in EU-Brokered Talks (Novinite) • Macedonian crisis talks "not really started," opposition leader says (dpa) • Bulgaria rejects Russian claim that it wants to dismember Macedonia (EurActiv, 21 May 2015) • Albania says could block Macedonia’s NATO bid (AP)

STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS • Cuba supports Serbia’s territorial integrity (Tanjug) • Nikolic: Serbia and Cuba share same passion for freedom and independence (RTS) • Vucic: Serbia has support of Germany (Tanjug) • Selakovic: Kosovo is number one issue (TV Pink) • Stefanovic: Terrorist groups must not be called liberation movements (Radio Serbia/RTS) • Platform arrives, but ministers don’t know (Novosti) • Content of plan only for “closest circle” (Danas) • Milic: Vucic has greater support for EU ideas in the NGO sector than in the government (Politika) STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS • B&H, chairing the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe (Nezavisne) • The Declaration goes to the Constitutional Court of RS (Nezavisne) • Moneyval recognizes progress: B&H not going on a blacklist (Oslobodjenje) • RS - more stable part of B&H (Srna) • Albanian government uses its veto on Skopje’s accession to NATO (Srna/B92) RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES • EU membership remains Serbia’s priority, says PM Aleksandar Vucic (EuroNews) • Serbia Needs Alternative to ‘Discredited’ Western News – Democratic Party (Sputnik) • Moscow testing Belgrade’s neutrality (EurActiv) • Unrest in Macedonia Follows ‘Regime Change’ Scenarios Used Worldwide (Sputnik) • Sarajevo at risk of losing organisation of European Youth Olympics (Reuters)

STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS • Dacic: Position of Serbs in Kosovo unacceptable (RTS) • “Friends of Serbia” in Brussels: Support to European course of Serbia (Radio Serbia) • Djuric: Trial to Jablanovic is return of verbal act (Politika) • Senic: Untrue that Gazivode is a condition (Danas) • Unofficial: President sends Kosovo platform to Prime Minister (B92) • Vucic complained about Nikolic to NGOs (Blic) STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS • End of political crisis in the Federation of B&H (Nezavisne) • Covic: In two to three days we’ll know whether we have executive government in B&H (Oslobodjenje) • Dodik: There are no “Bosnian Serbs” living in Bosnia nor do such people exist! (Srna) • SDS completely ignores RS’ interests (Srna) • VMRO-DPMNE: We will not allow change of the Constitution and the name (Republika) • Nedelkovski: There are Americans killed among terrorists in Kumanovo (Mina) • Montenegro should get the invitation to NATO before the end of the year (RTCG) RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES • Violence in Macedonia: Danger or distraction? (The Economist) • Macedonia PM Defies Calls to Step Downs as Crisis Simmers (Bloomberg) • Macedonia MP Supporters 'Outnumber' Protesters at Monday Rally (Novinite) • Analysis: The Problems Foreign Powers Find in the Balkans (Stratfor) • Bosnia government approves 2015 budget (World Bulletin)

STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS • Djuric: Importance of responsible public informing about dialogue (Tanjug) • Djuric: No progress in dialogue with Pristina without ZSO (Novosti/Tanjug) • Drecun: Security in Kosovo and Metohija relatively stable, but tense (Tanjug/RTS) • Odalovic: Serbia and Albania can be pivot of stability (RTS) • Kostic: Both EU path and friendship with Russia (Politika/B92) STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS • DF calls on Financial Police to enter public enterprises (Patria/Oslobodjenje) • Izetbegovic condemns death sentence for Mohammed Morsi (Hina) • Ethnic conflicts new name for terrorism? (Srna) RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES • Leaving Serbia and Kosovo to settle things themselves? (TransConflict) • Macedonia's massed protesters turn heat on PM Gruevski (BBC News) • PM Gruevski to meet opponents as protests continue over Macedonia wiretapping • (Reuters/AFP/dpa/AP) • Russia Accuses West of Trying to Destabilize Macedonia (Reuters) • European parties add fuel to fire in Macedonia (EurActiv) • Conflict in the Balkans Makes Moscow a Player (New Europe) • Bosnia activists alarmed by "Putin's bill" on foreign-funded NGOs (Reuters) • Party Battles Threaten Bosnia Federation Govt (Turkish Weekly)

STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS • Nikolic: Balkans going backwards over Kosovo (Beta) • Dacic and Lavrov: Stable, friendly and fraternal relations of Serbia and Russia (Radio Serbia) • UNMIK violated human rights convention? (RTS/Tanjug/Vesti) • Brussels asking for weaker ties between Belgrade and Banja Luka? (Novosti) • Terror threatens Serbia (Novosti) • Lavrov: We are not changing the stand towards Kosovo regardless of Crimea (Politika) STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS • Cavara: The unacceptable behavior of DF Ministers (Fena) • B&H: 12 indictments for terrorism (Fena) • Kumanovo streets blocked (Kurir) • Vujanovic sent ambassador to B&H after the B&H PA rejected a resolution on Sutorina (RTCG) RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES • Kosovo: No Dialogue Until Serbia Fulfils Agreements (BIRN) • Macedonian party leaders meet under global pressure (AFP) • Tiny Macedonia Confronts a Supersize Scandal (New York Times) • Ahmeti Tried to Negotiate End to Macedonian Carnage (BIRN) • Bosnia indicts 12 for fighting in Syria, Iraq (Reuters)