STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS

• Nikolic: I will slate elections in accordance with the Constitution (Tanjug)
• Government proposed dissolution of parliament (RTS)
• Selakovic: Belgrade to request data on detention of Oliver Ivanovic (B92)
• Vulin: Government requests Ivanovic to be released (Tanjug)
• Office for Kosovo condemns desecration of the church in Laplje Selo (Tanjug)

STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS

• Zukorlic: I’m thinking of running for RS presidency (FTV)
• Macedonia to join NATO when name dispute is settled (Dnevnik)

RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES

• Serbia's Government Formally Urges Early Vote (AP)
• Serbia to hold early elections to boost ‘legitimacy for reform’ (EurActiv)
• Serbian ruling party agreed to seek an early parliamentary election (World Bulletin)
• Nikolic Envoy Urges Serbs in Montenegro to Unite (BIRN, by Dusica Tomovic, 28 January 2014)
• Hagel, Serbia's Defense Minister Discuss Enhanced Defense Cooperation (American Forces Press Service)
• Ratko Mladic condemns war crimes tribunal as satanic (Telegraph)

STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS

• Vulin: Elections will not hinder negotiations (RTS)
• Office for Kosovo and Metohija condemns ban to Vulin (Tanjug)
• Government appoints temporary president of interim body in Kosovska Mitrovica (Tanjug)
• DS: Vucic to say why he wants elections (Blic)
• Tadic creating bloc prior to elections without DS? (Novosti)
• Kostunica: Serbia should be a politically neutral country (Beta)
• Jovanovic: First interlocutor will not be from the ruling party (Tanjug)
• Solidarity for Kosovo: Completion of documentary in Serb parts of Kosovo and Metohija (Tanjug)

STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS

• Dacic attends with Gruevski St. Sava Academy (Tanjug)
• Slavka Draskovic: Silent assimilation and low birth rate of Serbs in FYROM (Tanjug)
• Linta: Daniel Srb’s statement represents hate speech towards Serbia (Tanjug)
• They hate everything Serbian (Novosti)
• Lajcak: Amending B&H Constitution isn’t more difficult than Kosovo issue (Nezavisne Novine)

RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES

• Serbian ruling party agrees to seek early election (Reuters)
• Serb Ruling Parties Call for Early Vote to Shake Up Cabinet (Bloomberg News)
• Serbia hopes to conclude EU negotiations by 2020 (New Europe)
• Bosnian Serbs Plan Gavrilo Princip Monument (BIRN)
• US Official Visits Macedonia Amid Pre-Poll Tensions (BIRN)
• Macedonian Media Law Changes Cautiously Welcomed (BIRN)

STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS

• Nikolic: Serbia tied its destiny to EU (RTS)
• Fico presents Dacic with keys to the EU gate (Radio Serbia/Tanjug/Beta)
• Vulin: Europe isn’t mentioning UN membership for Kosovo (Novosti)
• Djuric: Nothing should be requested of Serbia that is not in accordance with Constitution (Tanjug)
• Belgrade representatives submitt cadastral documents to Zbogar (Radio Serbia)

STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS

• Raguz with Sorensen, Daviddi: Agreement on Sejdic-Finci certain (Oslobodjenje)

RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES

• Serbia ‘Unhappy’ Over Top Yugoslav Officials’ Jailing (BIRN)
• Serbian Fighters Demand Acquittal Over Kosovo Killings (BIRN)
• Bosnia Changes Law to Call 2014 Elections (Balkan Insight)
• Bosnian Consul in Row Over Serb Entity Celebration (BIRN)
• MEP warns against 'backsliding' on Macedonia (The Parliament)
• Greece tells Macedonia it must 'accept European values' (EurActiv)
• Republic of Macedonia – back to Yugoslavia? (EurActiv)
• Montenegro Journalists Call for Attacks to Stop (BIRN)
• Serbian-language school in Albania is a sign of improving relations (Southeast European Times)

STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS

• Elektrodistribucija: Northern Kosovo owes 12 million Euros to Serbian Power Industry (Blic)
• Brussels hiding the cards (Novosti)
• Final judgments for Sainovic, Pavkovic, Lazarevic and Lukic (RTS)
• Dikovic attends meeting of Euro-Atlantic partnership committee (Politika)
• Croats request that Serbia pays war reparation (Novosti)
• Serb National Council: Ministry damaged Serbs (Novosti)

STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS

• Kosovo introduces visas for B&H (Dnevni Avaz)
• McGuffie: EU will continue to help political leaders (Srna)
• Word “genocide” removed from Bosniak monument (Fena)

RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES

• Serbia's largest party eyes early election (Reuters)
• Serbian leftist parties protest over EU talks (World Bulletin)
• The list of EU membership hopefuls (DPA)
• EEAS looks to draw back from Kosovo (European Voice)
• EU should not bow to pressure from Kosovo (European Voice)
• UN court trims sentences of 3 senior Serbs for orchestrating Kosovo atrocities (AP)

STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS

• Nikolic: Openly about chapters; we will never recognize independent Kosovo (B92/Beta)
• Vulin expects understanding regarding screening of Chapter 35 (Tanjug)
• Belgrade counts on new political elite (Danas)
• Who is delaying investigation into the fate of missing Serbs in Kosovo and Metohija? (Radio Serbia)

STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS

• Sorensen: Elections are necessary for all (Srna)
• Bevanda: Start of Serbia’s EU accession talks can have positive effect on B&H (Fena)
• B&H holds regional record with 183 political parties (Dnevni Avaz)

RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES

• Serbian EU Entry Talks Pose Challenging Path With Kosovo Key (2) (Bloomberg)
• Serbia kicks off EU membership talks, sets 2020 as target for completion (DPA/AFP/ AP)
• Serbian Prosecutor Urges Harsh Sentences for Kosovo Killings (BIRN)
• Macedonian Albanians Demand 'Consensus' President (BIRN)