STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS • Thaqi’s candidate not elected Kosovo Assembly speaker (Politika) • Serbs to support those who gather majority (Blic) • Ceremony for “republic of Ilirida” (Novosti) STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS • Support for Gazprom contract and South Stream (Srna) • Russia promised the RS government loan of 500 to 700 million euros (Oslobodjenje) • Moore: B&H not going forward (Fena) • B&H not placed on “Gray list” (Oslobodjenje) • SDSM top officials meet UN official Peter Due (Republika) RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES • Serbia Cuts Pensions, Public Sector Salaries (Novinite) • Kosovo assembly fails to elect speaker (Xinhua) • OSCE Condemns Death Threats Against Kosovar Journalist (RFE/RL) • Germany revises asylum rules, Balkans excluded (Deutsche Welle)

STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS • What does the agreement on freedom of movement imply (Novosti) • Pavicevic: Power supply in hands of Serb community (RTS/Tanjug) • Kirby: We would be happy if you would also recognize Kosovo (Novosti) STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS • Preparations for the joint session of two governments (Srna) • SNSD: We will not allow transfer of jurisdictions from RS to B&H (Srna) • Jolevski meets Ambassador Due (Vecer) RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES • US organizing summit on UN peacekeeping next week (Associated Press) • Serbs Count Their Dinars as Cabinet Weighs Social Cuts (Bloomberg) • Milorad Dodik and Vladimir Putin: Two hours long meeting (Planeta) • Russian Lawmaker: Kosovo’s Imposing of Anti-Russian Sanctions Due to Dependency on West (RIA Novosti) • Turkey supports Macedonia's bid to join NATO: Turkish PM (Xinhua)

STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS • Serb list without Self-Determination (RTS) • Djuric and CoE delegation discuss Belgrade-Pristina dialogue (Tanjug) • Ashton welcomes implementation of freedom of movement (Beta) • Forest thief Naim Zumeri charged with three offences (Politika) STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS • Dodik: Approved loan worth 76 million euros and direct supply of heavy fuel oil and gas (RTRS) • SBB B&H: Our destiny is not going to be decided by Erdogan’s or Putin’s liegeman, we want EU and NATO (Dnevni avaz) • New indictments for war crimes announced (Dnevni Avaz) RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES • Kosovo Police Swoop on Hardline Muslim Leaders (BIRN) • Hill International to manage €600m Kosovo highway project (The Construction Index) • Hundreds of Balkan Jihadists Have Joined ISIS, CIA Says (BIRN)

STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS • New Brussels round by November (Novosti) • Ugljanin uniting Islamic community (Novosti) • Attempts to form a Sandzak army via Facebook (Novosti) • Dodik: Russian protection of Dayton peace agreement of great importance (Politika) STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS • Dodik: RS will defend itself with political means (Politika’s correspondent in Sarajevo) • Ashdown: Attempt to separate RS from B&H would result in fierce response (Hina) • Croatia opening doors for seasonal workers from B&H (Nezavisne novine) RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES • Parts of East Serbia Cut off in New Balkan Flood (ABC News) • Egyptians return to Kosovo after 15 years of displacement (Xinhua) • American judge of Kosovo's Constitutional Court resigns (Xinhua)

STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS • Nikolic and Radmanovic for best possible cooperation (RTS) • Serb list MPs not selling themselves to Thaqi (Politika) • Kosovo Serbs still weighing a coalition with Self-Determination (Novosti) • Joksimovic: Negotiations to open by end of year (Novosti) • Kosovo – from precedent to rule (Politika) STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS • Dacic and Popovski agree on joint diplomatic offices (Republika) • Macedonian citizen killed in Iraq (Dnevnik/Utrinski Vesnik/Kanal 5) • Lavrov: Dangerous revision of Dayton agreement (Blic) • Vienna a center for radical Salafists from B&H (Tanjug) RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES • Serbia Repatriates 24 War Victims’ Bodies to Kosovo (BIRN) • Kosovo Albanian Prisoner Recalls Beating by KLA (BIRN) • Lavrov warns against revision of Dayton Agreement (ITAR-TASS) • Scottish referendum raises Bosnian Serbs' independence hopes (AFP) • Macedonia Opposition Spurns Plan to Clean Electoral Roll (BIRN)