STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS • EU ministers decide 21 January as start date for Serbia (Tanjug) • Vucic: Results in battle against crime and corruption soon (Politika/Radio Serbia) • Negotiations on coalition in Kosovska Mitrovica (Beta) STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS • Dacic, Cvijanovic sign Memorandum of understanding (Fena/Srna) • Radojicic: B&H will expect negative rating from Brussels (Oslobodjenje) RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES • Serbia's Progressives Claim Local Poll Victories (BIRN) • Serbia Yet to Form EU Negotiating Team (BIRN) • Kosovo Mulls Imposing Visa Regime on Bosnians (BIRN) • Bosnia's Croat Coalition Falls Apart (BIRN) • Montenegro declares cooperation with UAE expanding (Kuna)

STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS • Serbian Interior Ministry members to be integrated into Kosovo police service (Tanjug) • Vulin: Money going to north Kosovo (Novosti) • Zbogar: Slovenian bank had best offer (Politika) • Serbia should be graded according to what it has done – Ruzic (Tanjug) • Serbia needs to strengthen its asylum system, capacities (Tanjug) STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS • House of Peoples adopts amendments to B&H electoral law (Dnevni Avaz) RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES • A new mass grave found in Serbia (World Bulletin) • Serbia Adopts 2014 Budget With Europe’s Highest Fiscal Deficit (Bloomberg) • Bosnian war-crimes suspect released from prison (AP)

STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS • The last Brussels round for the date (RTS) • Pristina establishing customs at Jarinje and Brnjak crossings (Politika) • Statute of Union of Serb Municipalities in final phase (Novosti) • Selakovic: Demands of Albanians in South-East Serbia unrealistic (Tanjug) • Cooperation of Serbian and Kosovo Chambers of Commerce (Tanjug) • Davenport: EU preparing for inter-governmental conference (Beta) • EU: Two frameworks for Serbia (Tanjug) STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS • OHR calls on MPs not to support amendments to Elektroprijenos law (Fena) • Serious warning from EU over Elektroprijenos (Oslobodjenje) RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES • Is Serbia the new Ukraine? (New Europe) • Kosovo Attains Status (on Facebook) It Has Sought for Years: Nation (New York Times) • Greece not to allow Macedonia to get date for EU talks (Focus News Agency) • Montenegro Sets New Date for Highway (BIRN)

STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS • Vulin: Pristina doing everything to cause a crisis (RTS) • Bonnet: No plans for postponing negotiations (B92) • Can Kosovo become a UN member without Belgrade’s recognition (Novosti) • Pantic’s double function (Danas) STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS • The federal “five” without agreement (Srna) • Howitt: Launching accession talks to benefit both Skopje, EU (Dnevnik) RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES • Serbia postpones trilateral meeting with Turkey over Kosovo remarks (Today's ZAMAN) • 9 Bosnian Serbs arrested for war crimes (World Bulletin) • Hague Tribunal Orders Mladic to Testify for Karadzic (BIRN) • Bosnia in need for economic development strategy (World Bulletin)

STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS • Dacic: European Council to verify EU decision, anything else is wrong (RTS) • Serb mayors ready for talks with Thaqi (Novosti) • Vujicic: Agreement was for money to go to Komercijalna and not to Reifessen Bank (Politika) • Excavations launched in Rudnica (Tanjug) • Aligrudic: Dialogue to be conducted under UN auspices, not EU (Tanjug) STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS • B&H Prosecution launches investigation over non-implementation of the Sejdic-Finci ruling (Fena) • Izetbegovic: We remain on same positions regarding Sejdic-Finci issue (Fena) RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES • Serbia Counts on South Stream for Energy, Says PM Dacic (Novinite) • Serbia, Croatia prepare for genocide trial (Southeast European Times) • EU slashes financial aid for Bosnia in dispute over ethnic rights (Deutsche Welle) • Bosnia investigates loss of EU funding (Associated Press) • Bosnia's most popular musician has a goal: To help poor Roma kids study music (Associated Press)