STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS • Serbia expects assistance and support from Hahn (RTS/Beta) • Drecun: Question is how much power Serbia has (B92) • Kosovo Serbs preparing to file charges against Dacic (Beta) • Attempts of Kosovo authorities to illegally privatize Brezovica ski center (Novosti) • Sertic: Citizens support reforms in Serbia (Tanjug) STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS • Suljagic: First to appoint the Council of Ministers, then FB&H government (TVN1) • Nijaz Skenderagic candidate for President of SDP (Oslobodjenje) • Indictments raised against three persons for genocide in Srebrenica (Oslobodjenje) • Goran Saric acquitted (Oslobodjenje) • Successful negotiations between Energoinvest and Gazprom: Secured supply of Gas for B&H in 2015 (Oslobodjenje) • Ambassadors of the EU Political and Security Committee visiting B&H (Dnevni avaz) RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES • 2 major parties reach agreement to end political stalemate in Kosovo (Xinhua) • ‘Blackmail’: EU trying to force Serbia into Russia sanctions club, says senior MP (RT) • Serbia reaches loan agreement with IMF (The Associated Press) • Serb's release by UN court frees nationalist genie, Croat leader warns (Reuters) • Russia may impose ban on imports from Bosnia over threefold growth (ITAR-TASS)

STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS • Drecun: Passports are Tahiri’s invention (Tanjug) • Pavicevic: We are not establishing diplomatic relations with Pristina (Danas) • Djuric: There will be no terms of notice for the Serbs in northern Kosovo and Metohija (Politika) • DSS, Dveri form opposition patriotic bloc (Tanjug) STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS • SDA meeting with DF and HNS: Agreement on government or deeper crisis? (Dnevni avaz) • Progressive Srpska (NS) goes into a new round of negotiations with the parties in the National Assembly of RS (Oslobodjenje) • MUP RS: Zeljka Cvijanovic unauthorized tapping (Dnevni avaz) • Consequences of Russia’s sanctions on EU evident in B&H (Oslobodjenje) RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES • Merkel alarms on Russian influence in Serbia (turkishweekly.com) • Bosnia's new three-member presidency pledges to push the country toward EU membership (Associated Press) • Russia Bans Meat Imports From Montenegro Over Re-export From EU: Watchdog (Sputnik) • Vojislav Seselj's ghost of the future past (Al Jazeera)

STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS • Friendly cooperation between Algeria and Serbia (RTS) • Khelifa, Gojkovic: Kosovo issue to be solved through negotiations (Tanjug) • Djuric deceived the public in September: We recognized only IDs, but not passports (New Serbian Political Thought) • Rakic Vodinelic: Implementation of Brussels agreement implies amendment of Constitution (FoNet) • Terms of notice for 2,000 Serbs in northern Kosovo (Politika) STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS • Ivanic, Izetbegovic and Covic took the duties of collective head of state (Nezavisne novine/ Srna) • Zeljka Cvijanovic : Investigation into political corruption (Oslobodjenje) • NDP reacts to RS corruption scandal (Oslobodjenje) • EU Ministers meeting about Bosnia and Herzegovina, Ukraine and Russia (Dnevni avaz) RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES • Serbia Premier Rejects another EC Appeal to Join Anti-Russian Sanctions (FNA) • Far-Right Leader Praises Serbia's Ties With Russia (AP) • EU Seeks to Break Bosnian Deadlock (Dow Jones Business News) • EU must set reform agenda for Bosnia: think-tank (Reuters)

STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS • Djuric: Making life easier for people in Kosovo and Metohija (Tanjug) • Pristina’s provocation at the gathering devoted to dialogue with Belgrade (Novosti) • Decree on evaluation of studies in Kosovo and Metohija adopted (Beta) • Government has maneuvering space (Danas) • US Embassy: Unfounded conspiracy theories (Danas) • Wilhelm: Serbia to be a bridge between Europe and Russia (Novosti) STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS • Izetbegovic: Chairman of the Council of Ministers and the Prime Minister of the Federation will be from SDA (Fena) • Inzko’s report bad and tendentious (Glas Srpske, Sarajevo correspondent) • Josipovic promised Covic to continue to care for the Croats in Bosnia and Herzegovina (Fena) • Croatian soldiers sent to a peacekeeping mission in B&H (Dnevni avaz) • New arrests of the Wahhabi’s in B&H (Pravda, Sarajevo correspondent) RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES • EU hopeful Serbia hosts military drill with Russia (Reuters) • Serbian Church Plays Host to Russian Patriarch (BIRN) • Bosnia Presidency's Outgoing Serb Slates OHR (BIRN)

STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS • Azem Sulja earned over 100 million euros by bribing EULEX (Novosti) • Indictment against Ivanovic and four Serbs confirmed (Novosti/Tanjug) • Seselj: Vucic, Nikolic betrayed in one month what Tadic would have done in 10 years (Blic/N1/Tanjug) • Viskovic: Non-diplomatic response of Albanian Prime Minister to extended hand from Serbia (Radio Serbia) • US commends Serbia, Albania governments (RTS) STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS • Ivantsov: Russia is not against B&H’s EU membership, but against NATO membership (Nezavisne novine) • Seselj: Political situation in RS very complicated (Srna) • Nimetz: No progress and no new name proposal in name talks (Republika) RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES • ‘Historic’ Albanian visit to Serbia leaves bitter aftertaste (EurActiv) • Serbian war crimes suspect goes home to rousing welcome (AP) • Bosnia Charges Serb Commander with Rogatica Crimes (BIRN) • China urges Bosnia to implement peace accord (Xinhua) • Bosnia could have new government by year's end (www.aa.com.tr/en)