STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS • Dacic: Conditions for participation of Serbs in Kosovo elections must be fulfilled (Radio Serbia) • Dacic: Serbia can’t block Kosovo in the Venetian Commission (Politika) • CIK and international community ignoring requests of Serbian list seven days before elections (Novosti) • North Kosovo mayors: CIK breaching the law to the detriment of non-Albanians (Beta) • DSS calls Serbs not to vote in Kosovo elections (Tanjug) • Irinej: Kosovo and Metohija is a Serb sanctity (Tanjug) • Zannier call Serbs to take part in Kosovo elections (Tanjug) • Cross-section of the UN peacekeeping activities (Politika) STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS • MONEYVAL releases statement: B&H blacklisted, all transactions with special checks (Oslobodjenje) • Dodik receives a decoration of Holy Russian Emperor Nicholas (Srna) RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES • Kosovo Serbs Urged Not to Boycott Elections (Balkan Insight) • Serbia-Turkey relations: ready for a new era? (Today’s Zaman) • Serb lawmakers approve tax relief for employers, ratify UAE loan (Reuters) • Macedonia Opposition Mulls 'Parallel Government' (BIRN) • Warning Issued Over Bosnia Money-Laundering Risks (BIRN) • Kosovo and Crimea – what’s the difference? (TransConflict)

STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS • Southern Kosovo preparing boycott (Novosti) • Mihajlovic: Pristina’s problem is united list (RTS) • UN finalizing assessment of damage induced by floods in Serbia (Tanjug/RTS) STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS • Majkic: Registering military property impossible without relevant law (Srna) • Ceric a candidate for B&H Presidency: I’ll make a Marshall Plan for the crisis (Patria) • Only a miracle can solve the name issue (Utrinski Vesnik) RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES • Flood damage to Serbia, Bosnia around 3 bln euros: EBRD (AFP) • Parliamentary boycott likely as FYR Macedonian opposition party resigns seats but coalition government stability remains intact (IHS Jane's Country Risk Daily Report) • Montenegro Rejects 2,400 Poll Violation Claims (BIRN) • Bosnia's former Muslim religious leader to run for presidency (AFP)

STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS • Dacic: Serbia dedicated to cooperation with Non-Aligned Movement members (Tanjug) • Belgrade has not yet passed decision on Kosovo elections (Novosti) • International panel of judges acquitted former KLA members (Tanjug) • Joksimovic: Serbia’s stand on Ukraine important for Chapter 31 (Beta) • Benedikt: Serbia didn’t support six EU decisions on Ukraine (Politika) • Due: You have become exporters of security to the world (Politika) STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS • New chapter in relations between Serbia and Slovenia (Radio Serbia) RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES • Serbs in Kosovo north suspend pre-election activities (Xinhua) • Albanians Promised Jobs for Votes, Study Finds (BIRN) • Flood-hit Serbia Thanks Russia for Help (RIA Novosti) • Bosnia floods unearth ‘war remains’ (AP) • Serb Fighters ‘Threaten’ Belgrade War Crimes Prosecutors (BIRN) • Hague Tribunal Frees Bosnian Serb War Criminal (BIRN) • Montenegro Watchdog Activists ‘Assaulted’ at Election Commission (BIRN) • Macedonia Opposition MPs Quit Parliament (BIRN)

STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS • Serbs imposed with Kosovo coat of arms (Novosti) • Djuric in charge of Kosovo (Danas) • Seventeen bodies found in Rudnica (Beta) • Dacic: More than 650,000 Euros raised for flood victims (RTS) STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS • Bevanda: B&H needs international aid (Srna) • NATO membership still a priority (Kanal 5) RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES • Remains of Kosovo Albanian war victims found in Serbia (AFP) • World Bank: Floods could disrupt Balkans' power supplies for at least six months (Reuters) • Serbian Opposition Seeks Responsibility For Flood Failures (BIRN) • War-torn and impoverished, Bosnia faces rebuild once again after floods (The Guardian) • Bosnia should be a financial hub: Turkey's deputy PM (World Bulletin) • Vrdoljak: Croatia will help Bosnia in post-flood reconstruction (Dalje.com)

STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS • UN SC session on Kosovo, Nikolic to meet with Ban (Radio Serbia) • Defense Minister sees off Serbian peacekeepers to Lebanon (Tanjug) • Djuric heading the Office for Kosovo and Metohija (Tanjug) • Contest for admission to the Kosovo police (RTS/Tanjug) • Trial to Drenica Group continues (Tanjug) STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS • Invitation for a meeting of countries participating in UN operations (Nezavisne novine/Srna) • Covic: Mostar can no longer be a city case (Oslobodjenje) • DPS lost elections in Podgorica (IN4S) RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES • Serbia aims for Sunday restart of unit at flood-hit power plant (Reuters) • Civilians banned from Bosnia villages after flood (Associated Press) • US sending ordnance disposal experts to Serbia, Bosnia after floods (Stars and Stripes) • Serbian Bloc Eyes Real Power In Kosovo (BIRN) • Montenegro's Ruling Party Wins Local Elections (BIRN) • Macedonia Prosecution Still Mulling Charges Against PM (BIRN)