STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS

• UN principles to be respected (Radio Serbia)
• Kosovo Serbs to ask for guarantees if they are part of the new government in Pristina (Novosti)
• Kosovo without footnote in the Venice Commission (Politika)
• Parliament debates participation in peacekeeping operations (Tanjug)
• Gasic: UN missions strengthen Serbia’s reputation (RTS)
• Serbian MPs support participation in UN peacekeeping operations (RTS)
• Wilhelm: Dialogue with Pristina ended isolation (B92)

STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS

• Cvijanovic and Afanasiev discuss government measures for recovery of damages (Srna)
• SNSD, DNS and SP to have joint candidates (Nezavisne novine)
• Kebo withholds consent for Budimir decision (Oslobodjenje)

RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES

• A Challenge for Kosovo: Justice for All (Balkan Insight)
• Lukashenka Says Serbia Must Strike Balance Between East, West (RFE/RL)
• Balkan ‘Dysfunctional' Govts Blamed For Democratic Failings (BIRN)
• Macedonia Minister to Resolve Albanian School Name Row (BIRN)

STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS

• Talks on sending Serbian Armed Forces’ medical teams to missions in Africa (Tanjug)
• Vucic: It was important for the Serbs to take part in elections (RTS)
• Djuric congratulates Kosovo Serbs on high responsibility (Novosti)
• Drecun: Serbs listened to government’s call (RTS)
• Jablanovic: 52.000 Serbs voted at Kosovo elections (Tanjug)
• Serbia might join seven new UN peacekeeping missions (Tanjug)

STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS

• Vucic to meet Dodik in Belgrade (Srna)

RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES

• Snap parliamentary vote in Kosovo tests EU efforts to help Balkan state normalize Serbia ties (AP)
• Serbia indicts four for Milosevic-era journalist murder (Reuters)
• Serbia: the Internet under censorship attack (Osservatorio Balcani e Caucaso)
• Serbia Suspends Works on South Stream Project Over Bulgaria’s Stance (RIA Novosti)
• Montenegro Poll Re-Runs Leave Djukanovic Win Intact (BIRN)
• Macedonian Prime Minister Reveals New Cabinet (BIRN)
• Turkey pledges to help rebuild Bosnia after floods (Today’s Zaman)

STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS

• Serbian Government calls residents of Kosovo and Metohija to vote (Radio Serbia)
• Office for Kosovo and Metohija: Serbs in northern Kosovo and Metohija will respond to government’s invitation to take part in elections (Tanjug)
• Marko Djurisic: Good decision (Beta)
• Djordje Milicevic: Unity among Serbs most important (Beta)
• Four scenarios towards the EU (RTS)

STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS

• Cooperation of Balkan armies continues (Tanjug/Fena)
• Dodik: Let B&H be on the blacklist, but we don’t give RS jurisdiction (Fena)

RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES

• Kosovo Serbs join last-minute campaign (Balkan Insight)
• Website hit in Serbia plagiarism row (BBC)
• Macedonia: President of the opposition party, Zoran Zaev to meet Euro Commissioner Stefan Fule (FOCUS News Agency)
• Macedonia mulls new elections for vacant seats (Balkan Insight)

STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS

• Vucic: Government will recommend participation in elections (Tanjug)
• Serbian list to participate in elections after all (Politika)
• Remains of at least 34 persons exhumed in Rudnica (Politika)
• Strong support to Western Balkan countries (Beta)

STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS

• Cvijanovic: EU ready to redirect funds to assist flooded areas (Srna)
• Radmanovic not to attend concert of the Vienna Philharmonics in Sarajevo (Tanjug)

RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES

• Kosovo Serb Bastion Shuns Looming Election (BIRN)
• Croatia Spends 3.7m Euro on Serbia Genocide Case (BIRN)
• Bosnia floods unearth grim wartime mass grave (Reuters)
• Bosnian Serb Chief Blocks Money Laundering Laws (BIRN)
• Macedonian PM Denies Role in 'Corrupt' Bank Sale (BIRN)
• Bulgaria and FYR Macedonia are the best countries to invest in the Balkans- Source (Balkans news)
• Independent Scotland Must 'Join The EU Queue' Behind Serbia, Macedonia, Says Cameron (The Huffington Post)

STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS

• Vucic: Talks on Kosovo elections (RTS)
• Nikolic with Lidington on participation of Serbs in Kosovo elections (Politika/Radio Serbia)
• Serbs south of the Ibar will vote, but not those in north Kosovo and Metohija (Politika)
• Vulovic: No conditions for elections in Kosovo and Metohija (Beta)
• Djuric: Government to do everything to return displaced Serbs to Kosovo and Metohija (Tanjug)
• Dacic: Serbia committed to admission to the EU (Beta)
• Gasic with UN representatives on estimates of flood damages (Tanjug)

STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS

• Bevanda: Problem of not passing the law has been ongoing for over a year (Srna)
• Austrian government to donate 500,000 Euros to Serbia and B&H respectively (Oslobodjenje)

RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES

• Vucic Tells Kosovo Serbs Not to Boycott Election (BIRN)
• Serbian PM demands OSCE apology over allegations of censorship (Reuters)
• Big Promises, Few Details, in Kosovo Election Campaign (BIRN)
• Kosovo: time for a restart between Pristina and the north? (SwissInfo)
• Coal-Fired Plant in Kosovo Tests World Bank Clean-Air Pledge (Bloomberg)
• Serbian University Denies Interior Minister 'Plagiarism' (BIRN)