STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS • Nikolic: Vatican, guided by principles, will not recognize independence of Kosovo (Radio Serbia) • Djuric banned from entering Kosovo and Metohija (Tanjug) • Djuric: Rate of returns of internally displaced from Kosovo unsatisfactory (Tanjug) • Sixteen mandates with two lists (Novosti) STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS • B&H Council of Ministers decides to withdraw seventh and eighth tranches of stand by arrangement (Fena) • Three indicted for killing Serbs near Trnovo (FoNet) RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES • Serbia seeks to preserve good relations with Russia — Russian ambassador (ITAR-TASS) • Bosnian slaves have been exploited at constructions of Ministry of Youth and Sports of Azerbaijan (Panorama.am) • Macedonia Albanian Activists Slam ‘Terrorism’ Murder Verdict (BIRN)

STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS • Vucic, Barroso: EU membership is Serbia’s priority (Politika/RTS/Radio Serbia) • Udovicki on Kosovo in SEECP (Danas) • Steinmeier: Germany supports Serbia’s EU path, but will not be reducing requirements (Beta) • DSS: Serbia becoming EU colony (RTS/Tanjug) • 100 years since Assassination at Sarajevo (RTS) STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS • Izetbegovic: Europe made an invalid of B&H (Oslobodjenje) • Dodik: Inadmissible position of U.S. Embassy (Srna) • “Monster” case trial ends with 6 life imprisonment sentences (Beta) RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES • Angry Kosovo Serbs call Serbian president "traitor"(AFP) • Kosovo Arrests 18 Over Mitrovica Barricade Unrest (BIRN) • Kosovo Serb Politician’s Custody Extended Again (BIRN) • Barroso: Accession process for Sebia is moving at a good pace (New Europe) • Serbia could go bankrupt, says PM (Telegraph.co.UK) • Six Albanians Jailed for Macedonia ‘Terror’ Murders (BIRN) • EU-Montenegro accession conference opens 3 chapters (New Europe) • Extend Nato’s umbrella to Montenegro and Macedonia (Washington Post)

STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS • "Important that Serbs take part in government" (Tanjug) • Urosevac: Organizers of prostitution network accused (Tanjug) • Mihajlovic: Serbs could "tip the scales" in the Kosovo government (Tanjug) • DSS: The government is concealing the responsibility for handing over Kosovo (FoNet) • Opposite stances of President and Prime Minister increasingly often (Blic, by Tamara Spaic, 25 June 2014) • Serbia "supports OSCE" over Ukraine crisis (Tanjug) • Defense minister: Serbia to be unbiased OSCE chair (Tanjug/B92) STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS • A citizen of Serbia charged with war crimes in Karlovac (Beta) • NATO won't offer Montenegro membership this year (Tanjug/B92) • Albania to become candidate for EU membership (Beta) RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES • Serbia Delays IMF Talks, Supplementary Budget as GDP May Shrink (Bloomberg, By Gordana Filipovic, 24 June 2014) • UAE, Serbia to improve business investments and opportunities (Gulf Today, 25 June 2014) • Serbian Tabloid Editor ‘Won’t Be State TV Chief’ (BIRN, 25 June 2014) • Hackers Bring Down Serbian Tabloid Kurir's Site (BIRN, 24 June 2014) • Macedonian Leaders Meet to Tackle Post-Election Feud (BIRN, by Sinisa Jakov Marusic, 25 June 2014)

STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS • Djuric: Let's be a tough nut to crack (RTS) • 13 officers and 6 protesters injured in riots (Tanjug) • Nikolic: Serbia as a guarantor of the Dayton Treaty (RTRS) STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS • Croatian parliament: on the Cyrillic alphabet before the summer recess (Hina) • BiH: Custody for the arrested in "Pandora" (Beta) RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES • Kosovo Albanians torch cars, police fire rubber bullets in divided town (Reuters, By Fatos Bytyci, 22 June 2014) • Russia Says Serbia Linked In To South Stream (NEW EUROPE, by Kostis Geropoulos, 23 June 2014) • Montenegro ‘Cannot Detain’ Suspected Serbian Narco-Boss (BIRN, by Dusia Tomovic, 23 June 2014) • World War I Conference in Sarajevo Divides Scholars (New York Times, By Paul Hockenos, 22 June 2014) • Macedonia Opposition Sets Terms For Crisis Talks (BIRN, by Sinisa Jakov Marusic, 23 June 2014)

STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS • Djuric: State will take Orahovac,Velika Hoca out of isolation (Tanjug) • Government on international cooperation (Tanjug/B92) • Concerns about the privatization process in Kosovo (Danas, by Jelena Tasic, 20 June2014) • Djuric visits displaced at the “Junior” Hotel in Strpce (Tanjug) STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS • Regional conference on missing persons (Beta, Blic) • Indictment filed for war crimes against Serbian civilians (Fena) RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES • 'Park' on Bridge Causes Confusion in Divided Mitrovica (BIRN, by Valerie Hopkins and Edona Peci, 20 June 2014) • Macedonian parliament votes in PM despite opposition boycott (Reuters, By Kole Casule, 19 June 2014) • Bosniak Soldiers Charged With Attack on Fleeing Serbs (BIRN, 19 June 2014) • EU hopeful Serbia in quandary over Ukraine (Eubusiness, 20 June 2014) • Putin Is Behaving in Ukraine Like Milosevic Did in Serbia History repeats itself (The New Republic, By Vera Mironova and Maria Snegovaya, 19 June 2014)