STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS

• Nikolic: Serbia expects opening of chapters by year’s end (RTS/Tanjug)
• Vucic: I am offering 50 percent of Gazivode, they are asking for 100 percent, that is why they are not opening chapters (Tanjug/B92)
• Report on Kosovo has not yet been adopted (B92)
• Kosovo – Europe or extremism? (Radio Serbia)
• Medals for Serbian peace force members in the Central African Republic (Tanjug)
• Is Macedonia a new powder keg? (B92)

STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS

• Cvijanovic: Fight against terrorism requires absolute partnership in B&H (Oslobodjenje)
• Police find weapons and ammunition at Wahhabis (Nezavisne)
• Serbs find flag with lilies unacceptable as it is symbol of war (Srna)
• Ostojic: Serbia has to meet high EU standards like Croatia did (Hina)
• Croatian government to set up state committee for operation “Storm” (Hina)

RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES

• Hahn Visits Serbia to Push Accession Talks (BIRN)
• Serbia to end protection for indebted state firms - prime minister (Reuters)
• New opposition protests in Macedonia follow violent clashes (AP)
• Appeals Court Row Stalls Bosnia’s Judicial Reforms (BIRN)

STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS

• Vucic: EU to recognize Serbia’s efforts in dialogue with Pristina (Tanjug)
• Dacic: Right decision of Serbia on participation at Moscow parade (RTS)
• EULEX not investigating disappearance of Serb journalists (Politika)

STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS

• “Macedonian Spring” on the horizon (B92 Skopje correspondent)
• Report to the UN Security Council: The RS supports the EU initiative (Srna)
• B&H must implement reforms (Oslobodjenje)
• Ivanic: B&H border unacceptable site for Croatian radioactive waste disposal (Srna)

RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES

• Kosovo Serbs Say President’s Plan is ‘Last Hope’ (BIRN)
• Serbia Acquits KLA Fighter of War Crimes (BIRN)
• Police Clashes with Macedonian Protesters Over Anti-Government Turmoil (Novinite)
• Exodus From North Causes Concern in Montenegro (BIRN)

STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS

Office: Prevent attacks on Serbs (RTS)
Belgrade denies division on Djuric’s and Vulin’s Serbs (Danas)
Jevtic: Budget for displaced halved (Novosti)
Peace Park not to be removed (Tanjug)
EU: It is upon the member-states to decide whether to recognize Kosovo (Tanjug)

STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS

Kebo: Izetbegovic does not want to fight radical Islam (Srna)
Dodik: Referendum on independence if constitutional structure is not established (RTV)
Dodik wants international commission on Srebrenica (RTRS)
CIA head: Dodik will be arrested if he tries the RS’ secession (Sarajevo365)

RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES

Bosnia Faces New Attack Threat, Police Warn (BIRN)
Bosnian Serbs protest against Labour reform (Balkan Insight)
Montenegro Vows Crackdown After Jihadist Threats (BIRN)

STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS

• Platform on Kosovo to be forwarded to government by Friday (Novosti)
• Dacic to open annual meeting of OSCE mission heads (Beta)
• Only one Serb family returned to Kosovo (RTS/Tanjug)
• Serbian political scene – Constitutional amendments barely within reach (Radio Serbia)
• Hahn: First chapters in EU accession talks to be opened soon (Tanjug)
• Yee: Serbia is bright spot on Western Balkans’ map (Tanjug)

STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS

• Fifty people blocked Islamic Community building in Skoplje (Tanjug Skopje correspondent)
• Mektic: We have information on possible new terrorist attacks on B&H (Oslobodjenje/ATV)
• Three persons arrested over Zvornik attack (Glas Srpske)
• EP: RS has no right to secede from B&H (Oslobodjenje)
• High Representative in B&H Valentin Inzko on political and security situation in B&H (Vijesti)

RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES

• Extremists worry the Balkans, Europe’s Muslim heartland (The News Tribune)
• When a Turkish businessman becomes adviser to a Bosnian president (Hurriyet Daily News)
• A new war in the Balkans? (Hurriyet Daily News)
• Macedonia Opposition Braces for May Showdown (BIRN)
• Macedonia indicts opposition leader Zoran Zaev over wiretapping scandal (AP/AFP/Reuters)
• Explosion Rocks Office of Macedonia's Largest Albanian Party (Novinite, 4 May 2015)
• Balkan Countries in Tight Spot Over Moscow V-Day Commemoration (Sputnik)

STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS

• Nikolic: Plan for Kosovo is ready; we are not signing independence (Novosti)
• Vucic: I don’t know what to expect from Nikolic (Beta)
• Serbia will have to let Kosovo join UN (Blic)
• Milic: Terrorist attacks not to be allowed in Belgrade (Tanjug)
• Dikovic and Portolano on engagement of Serbian “blue helmets” (Tanjug)

STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS

• Ivanic: The true battle against terrorism should be led by Bosniaks (Srna)
• Wahhabis under the watchful eye of the police (Nezavisne)
• Russian Ambassador to B&H: Terrorism a serious threat to B&H (Srna)
• Interview with PDHR David M. Robinson (Dnevni avaz)
• Milo Djukanovic: The opposition shamelessly suspects EU officials (RTCG)
• Jelko Kacin: Dispatch attempts to delay the accession to NATO (Pobjeda)

RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES

• Press Freedom Declining in Balkans, Report Says (BIRN)
• Private sector to take cost of Serbia's bad loans - central bank (Reuters)
• Bosnia Mulls Ways to Stop More Terror Attacks (BIRN)
• Once magnet for foreign mujahedeen, Bosnia now exports them (AFP)
• Dutch Court Rejects Prosecuting Srebrenica Peacekeepers (BIRN)
• Montenegro MPs Block Resort Plan for Old Fort (BIR)