STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS

• Nikic new head of the Office for Kosovo and Metohija (Novosti)
• Serbs to take part in Kosovo elections in five columns (Politika)
• Government abolishes emergency situation (RTS)
• Nikolic appeals, Hollande: We must show solidarity (RTS)
• Kirby: Initiative for a donors’ conference encouraging (Beta/Tanjug)
• Vucic: Reconstruction of infrastructure plan in the next ten days (Radio Serbia)

STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS

• Inzko: Russia rejected PIC statement (Srna)
• Gruevski-Rasmussen: Macedonia’s accession to NATO remains a joint interest (Republika)
• Deployment of Macedonian Albanians to Syria organized in Elbasan (Sitel/MIA)

RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES

• Floods inflict grievous blow on frail Balkan economies (Reuters)
• Mine explodes in Bosnia as floods clear-up begins (Global Post)
• The Importance of Helping Serbia (Huffington Post)
• Macedonian Police Action in Ethnic Riots Queried (BIRN)
• Bosnia-Herzegovina Protests a Response To Post-War Corruption, Impoverishment (insurancenewsnet.com)

STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS

• Vucic: Serbia needs donors for reconstruction (Radio Serbia)
• CIK rejects Kostic’s candidacy (Novosti)
• EULEX requests arrest warrant for three members of Drenica Group (Tanjug)

STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS

• Rasmussen: NATO ready to help B&H (Fena)
• Batteli appeals for further aid to flooded-affected people (Tanjug)

RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES

• Serbia Gathers Donors for Post-Flood Aid as Fiscal Gap Swells (Bloomberg)
• Worries Turn to Disease as Waters Recede in Balkans (The New York Times)
• Record Bosnian floods raises danger of moving mines (euronews)
• Bosnia authorities under fire over flood response (BIRN)
• Drowning in the Balkans (counterpunch.org)
• Dobrica Cosic, First Friend Then Foe of Serbia’s Milosevic, Dies at 92 (The New York Times)
• Jihadist Threat to Europe Worries Macedonia (BIRN)

STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS

• Djuric: Nikolic soon with Ban about floods in Serbia (Beta/RTS)
• Dacic, Hahn: Serbia can count on EU help (Tanjug)
• Varso: Slovakia not to change stand on Kosovo (Tanjug)
• Chepurin: Help in several stages (Beta)
• Georgieva: Serbia has complete support from EU (RTS)
• Donors’ conference to be held on Thursday (Tanjug)

STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS

• Rasmussen visiting the region (Beta)
Unrest in Skopje over murder of teenager (Dnevnik)

RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES

• Kosovo Ex-Guerrillas Escape From Detention (BIRN)
• Macedonia: Political parties keep silence about incidents and protests in Skopje (Focus Information Agency)
• Balkans on alert as swollen rivers due to hit new peaks – Floods, landslides claim at least 49 lives (AFP)
• Thousands of wartime explosives dislodged as Balkans flooding leads to landslides (RT)
• Bosnia’s Other Calamity (The New York Times)

STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS

• Serbia to observe three days of mourning (B92)
• EU to monitor elections (Beta)
• Vojackova Sollorano: UN will help in rebuilding Serbia (RTS)
• EU: Much less than one billion Euros for Serbia (Tanjug)
• Ambassadors in Obrenovac: Serbia needs aid (Tanjug)
• Aid from all over the world arrives in Serbia (Radio Serbia)

STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS

• Erdogan: Turkey will send most urgent aid to B&H (Oslobodjenje)
• Livne: Future generations need to know what happened (Srna)

RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES

• Kosovo to Ensure Smooth Elections also in North (BIR)
• Serbia needs help to repair flood damages: FM (Xinhua)
• Russian Helicopters to Fight Balkan Fires (RIA Novosti)
• Floods affect over 1 million in Balkans, destruction "terrifying" (Reuters)
• Mladic ‘never ordered me to open fire on civilians’ (AFP)

STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS

• Nikolic to attend UNSC session (Danas)
• Stefanovic thanks UN for aid (TV Pink)
• International aid arrives in Serbia (Politika/Novosti)
• Russia sends another plane (Tanjug)
• Davenport: EU is ready to set aside funds to help Serbia (Beta)
• Zvonimir Stevic – joint ticket for better results (Radio Serbia)

STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS

• Dodik, Vucic press conference (Srna)
• U.S. government allocates $50,000 in aid (Patria)

RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES

• Serbia: floods turn into unprecedented disaster - gov't official (Voice of Russia)
• Floods in Bosnia Trigger Landslides; Thousands Flee High Water (The Associated Press)
• 25,000 Evacuated in Serbian Floods (novinite.com)