STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS

• Kosovo not participating in 16+1 gathering (Danas)
• Joksimovic: No new EU conditions (Tanjug)
• Epilogue of the Adriatic Charter in Tirana (Novosti)
• Analysis from Belgrade: Thirteen days and Barak Obama (Politika)

STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS

• Determined candidates for RS ministers: Djokic Minister of Industry, Lukac Minister of Police? (Oslobodjenje)
• Dzaferovic: SDA-DF partnership not under question (Oslobodjenje)
• Politicians in favor of overall improvement (Srna)
• Croatia will keep rooting for B&H (Srna)
• GAC Conclusions: Macedonia not to get date for start of accession negotiations (Utrinski Vesnik/Kanal 5)
• NLA Claims Responsibility for Explosions in Tetovo and Kumanovo (Dnevnik/MTV1)

RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES

• Belgrade-Budapest railway part of Chinese 'express lane' to Europe (Reuters)
• China on board to finance Balkan bullet train (DPA/AFP/AP)
• EU to aid Bosnia with $207 million in bid to spur reform (Reuters)
• EU-Montenegro: four chapters of accession negotiations opened (New Europe)
• Montenegro advances in EU entry talks in Russia's shadow (EUobserver)

STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS

• EU Ministerial Council: Serbia to gradually harmonize foreign policy, continue to normalize relations with Kosovo (RTS/Beta)
• Mogherini: Belgrade-Pristina dialogue to resume in January (Politika/Tanjug)
• Following the decision of the Constitutional Court to reject the proposal for assessing constitutionality of the Brussels agreement (Novosti)
• Constitutional Court failed the exam (Novosti)
• There has never been more statehood (NIN)

STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS

• Bosnia and Herzegovina blocked the admission of Kosovo (Nezavisne novine)
• B&H CIK reminds cantons of deadlines for submission of candidates' lists for FB&H PA house of peoples (Oslobodjenje)
• Ten Bosnian Serb officials arrested for war crimes (Fena)
• The head of European diplomacy on the conclusions of the FAC-a: A new beginning for the EU and B&H (Dnevni avaz)
• “Even Serbia and Russia wouldn't recognize RS” (Tanjug/Standard)

RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES

• Guest post: the Serbia-China friendship bridge (The Financial Times)
• EU Urged to Widen Kosovo Mission Graft Probe (BIRN)
• Bosnian police arrest 10 war crimes suspects (AP)
• EU approves German-UK initiative to revive Bosnia membership bid (DW/ Reuters/AFP)
• EU Summit Parks Macedonia Membership Bid (BIRN)

STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS

• Constitutional Court rejects to decide on Brussels agreement (Politika)
• Samardzic: Constitutional Court trampled on principles (Beta/RTS)
• Stefanovic: Court’s decision is strange (Beta)
• Rakic: Peace Park to remain until a compromise is found (Politika)
• Pristina National Theatre again on its stage after 15 years (Radio Serbia)
• Vukadinovic: 11 conditions leading to independence of Kosovo (Radio Serbia)
• DSS, Dveri, intelligentsia call for debate on EU integration (Tanjug)
• Keefe: I haven’t heard that you are beginning negotiations (Novosti)

STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS

• SNSD has just six ministers in the new government RS (Oslobodjenje)
• B&H defense industry: Companies prepare for export to Turkey (Oslobodjenje)
• Round table calls for Croat equality in Bosnia and Herzegovina (Vijesti)
• Seselj: Best option would be that B&H joins Serbia (Oslobodjenje)

RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES

• Kosovo Officials Vow Serb ‘Peace Park’ Removal (BIRN)
• China to help Serbia build 350 MW coal-fired power plant-media (Reuters)
• Serbia Awaits Benefits from China Summit (BIRN)
• Russia, Europe confrontation continues in Serbia, Moldova and Georgia (Natural Gas Europe)
• Does the EU want to bring Russia and Turkey into the Western Balkans? (EurActiv)
• 'Mass grave' unearthed in Bosnia and Herzegovina (World Bulletin)
• Montenegro Ruling Party Wins Local Poll (BIRN)

STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS

• Berlin: Opening of Chapter 35 only when all obligations are fulfilled (Politika)
• Dikovic and KFOR commander discuss security (Tanjug)
• Serbian soldiers join UNIFIL Italian contingent (Tanjug)
• OKS condemns IOC decision (RTS)
• Scandal in Kosovo Assembly: Minister Jablanovic didn’t sign the oath (KoSSev)
• Serbia to recognize Kosovo before joining the EU (NIN)

STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS

• Members of Parliament who switch nationalities may not be delegates (Glas Srpske)
• SNSD, DNS, SP final division of functions (Srna)
• Inzko in Banja Luka: B&H should have more Brussels and less Dayton (Oslobodjenje)
• Interview: Ognjen Tadic on Dodik and the Political Situation in B&H (Vijesti.ba)

RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES

• Serbia: the country at the crossroads of Europe (CNN)
• Republika Srpska Coalition Carves up Ministries (BIRN)
• Serbs ‘Wanted to Stop Bosnian Islamic State’ (BIRN)

STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS

• Nikolic with representatives of associations of families of the missing persons (RTS)
• Three moves before chapters (Novosti)
• Stojanovic: If we are only décor, I will leave the Kosovo government (Politika)
• Schokenhoff: The goal is sovereign Kosovo (Novosti)

STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS

• Special sessions of the National Assembly of RS: Elected delegates to the House of Peoples (Oslobodjenje)
• Ivanic and Izetbegovic speak with political directors of PIC Steering Board (Oslobodjenje)
• High Representative Valentin Inzko appeals to politicians to resolve economic crisis (Srna)
• Serge Brammertz spoke before the UN Security Council: The Prosecutor's Office in B&H is going in the wrong direction (Dnevni avaz)
• Refugee workers protest outside the UN headquarters (Srna)
• Explosions at police stations in Kumanovo, Tetovo (Vecer)

RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES

• Serbia dismantles human trafficking ring (Press TV)
• Western integration not Bosnia's only option, says Russia (Reuters)
• Student Protest Blocks Macedonian Capital (BIRNl)