STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS

• Draft plan for Kosovo and Metohija ready (Novosti)
• Dacic: Serious preparations for OSCE chairmanship (RTS)
• Kosovo helping Albanians in Presevo (Beta)
• Stankovic: Albanians’ rights not jeopardized (Radio Serbia)
• Thaqi: Kosovo armed forces a necessity (Danas)
• Supporting Belgrade-Pristina dialogue a priority for EULEX (Tanjug)

STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS

• Candidate lists for FB&H House of Peoples delivered to election body (Fena)
• The SDA and DF do not yet have a solution for all cantons (Dnevni avaz)
• Dodik: Serbia’s neutral position in regard to RS joining NATO is dangerous (Tanjug)
• Delineation of Montenegro and Bosnia and Herzegovina was completed: No redrawing of the former republican borders (Radio Sarajevo)
• Bosnian radical Islamic leader indicted for terrorism Bilal Bosnic (Dalje.com)
• B&H and Turkey signed agreement on military and financial cooperation (Oslobodjenje)

RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES

• Serbia approves job-cutting 2015 budget to win IMF deal (Reuters)
• Bosnians March Toward EU Border Seeking Employment (AP)
• Struggling Croatia heads to the polls (AFP)
• Analysis of Montenegro: Bumps on Road to Brussels (BIRN)

STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS

• Joksimovic: Chapter 35 certainly among the first (RTS/Tanjug)
• Pressure increasing on Belgrade to remove Peace Park (Novosti)
• Could Serbia have done more for Chapter 35 (Politika)
• Nincic: Consensus in OSCE biggest challenge (Radio Belgrade)
• Serbian mission at NATO takes over chairmanship (Tanjug)

STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS

• Music: We have to bring more dynamic to FB&H parliament (Fena)
• Alija Izetbegovic knew about the beheading of the Serb civilian (Glas Srpske)
• Dzaferovic comments the allegations of being a witness to the Serb civilian beheading (Dnevni avaz)

RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES

• British, Serbian media positively value China-Serbia cooperation (Xinhua)
• Serbia Asks Lawmakers to Back Budget With Unclear Job-Cut Plan (Bloomberg)
• Serbia's Balkan power exchange launch hits new delay (Reuters)
• Bosnia fails to attract enough investors at debt auction (The Economic Times)
• Turkish prime minister visits Macedonia to renew ties (Hurriyet Daily News)

STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS

• New platform for Kosovo and Metohija planned (RTS)
• Kosovo status immediately (Novosti)
• Four topics in Brussels (Novosti)
• Decision on Kosovo army to be passed in Brussels (Politika)

STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS

• Appointment of Zvizdic created turmoil in SDA (Dnevni avaz)
• Seselj: Srebrenica was the darkest point on the Serbian side! (FACE/Dnevni avaz)
• Daviddi: Cantons must move quickly to form FB&H institutions (Oslobodjenje)

RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES

• PM Vucic: 'Serbia is once again an open society' (CNN)
• Croatia may block Serbia’s EU bid over war crime probes (World Bulletin)
• Bosnia: European Values Must Come from Within (IWPR)
• Russian Cleric Urges Macedonia to Free Priest (BIRN)
• Montenegro expected to extradite 3 men to US (Associated Press)

STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS

• Vucic and I assumed power together, and we will also depart together (NIN)
• Reactions to Nikolic’s proposal for a final solution for Kosovo (Politika)
• Simic: Albanians consider the matter done with IOC admission (Politika)
• Dacic: France’s support to Serbian presidency of OSCE (RTS/Tanjug)
• Djuric: Reliable institutions necessary in Kosovo and Metohija (Tanjug)

STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS

• SDA Presidency: Zvizdic as a mandate holder for B&H Council of Ministers (Oslobodjenje)
• Economic cooperation improving (Srna)
• B&H abolishes visas for Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Oman, UAE ... (Oslobodjenje)
• EULEX Court: Radoncic not charged or under investigation in the "Keljmendi" case, his rights are violated (Dnevni avaz)

RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES

• Kosovo’s Thaci: EU’s Mogherini Needed for Serbia Talks to Succeed (The Wall Street Journal)
• Serbia Readies for OSCE Role With Russian Visit (RIA Novosti)
• Russia confirms readiness to develop security cooperation with Serbia (TASS)
• Bosnia steps up security over fears of possible terrorist threats (Dalje.com)

STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS

• Vucic grateful to China for respecting Serbian policy and European path (RTS)
• Dacic: Western Balkans – Serbia’s priority while chairing OSCE (Tanjug)
• Constitutional silence on Kosovo (NIN)
• Serb beaten in Pec (Politika)
• Rama: Everyone will be better off when Serbia faces the reality and recognizes Kosovo (TVN1/FoNet)

STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS

• New Government of RS elected (Oslobodjenje)
• RS showing its full capacity (Srna)
• Prosecutor’s Office and Court of B&H lost all their credibility (Srna)
• Izetbegovic and Komsic agreed to establish a moratorium on further appointments (Glas Srpske)
• Definitive: Democratic Front breaks negotiations with SDA at all levels! (Patria)
• Due to arrest of Lipovaca, executive power at USC no longer exists (Oslobodjenje/Dnevni avaz)

RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES

• Serbia and Russia continue cooperation despite complicated international situation (TASS)
• China, Serbia vow to upgrade strategic partnership to new level (Xinhua)
• Can Bosnia's Army Save the World? (Huffington Post)
• Bosnian Serb MPs Endorse New Entity Cabinet (BIRN)
• Daniel Mitov: The Plan for Bosnia and Herzegovina Cannot Be Applied for Macedonia (Euinside)
• Raiffeisen Gloomy About Croatia, Serbia Economies (BIRN)