STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS • Mutual respect of Serbia and Montenegro (RTS) • Silence of both Pristina and the international community about the missing in Kosovo (Tanjug) • Dikovic meets Serbian peacekeepers in Lebanon (Beta) • Wilhelm: Normalization of relations with Pristina and Serbia’s EU membership talks to run parallel (Tanjug/Beta) STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS • SDP Presidency: State leaders should get serious (Oslobodjenje) • Greece denies international community pressure on the name issue (Utrinski Vesnik) RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES • Serbia pursued a wrong economic policy – Radulovic (InSerbia) • Tensions in Serbian Ruling Party Burst Open (BIRN) • AP Enterprise: Decaying economy, Balkans war legacy fuel domestic violence crisis in Serbia (AP) • World Bank to Lend Serbia $490 Million After New Laws Approved (Bloomberg) • Serbia's telecom market lags behind the most developed in CEE (Balkans.com Business News Correspondent) • Lack of BiH judiciary reforms criticized (SETimes) • Bosnian Serb MPs Stage Protest Boycott (BIRN) • EBRD is providing a €10 million loan to Bosnia Herzegovina's Sberbank (Balkans.com Business News Correspondent) • Serbia Begins a Diplomatic Offensive against Croatia (euinside.eu) Uncivil Society: The Politicisation of Macedonia’s NGOs (BIRN)

STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS • Odalovic: We will request Pristina to open archives of so-called KLA (Radio Serbia) • Serbian political scene (Radio Serbia) • Berlin hampers start of accession talks (Novosti) • Bosic: RS wants changes (Novosti) STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS • Lagumdzija: Abuse of the essence of the Sejdic-Finci decission (Srna) • Representative of the UN General Secretary for Western Balkans Expressed Support for Activities of Ministry of Defense and B&H Armed Forces (Sarajevo Times/Fena) RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES • Brussels Gets it Wrong on Balkan Asylum Seekers (BIRN) • Serbia police detain hundreds in massive anti-drug sweep (AP) • Macedonian Progress on Rights Modest, Ombudsman Says (BIRN) • Croat nationalists seek referendum to curb Serb minority rights regarding language (AP) • Djukanovic Pays Landmark Visit to Serbia (BIRN)

STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS Dacic: Agreement on transfer of policemen into KPS (RTS) Ashton: Essential progress in the implementation of the Brussels agreement (Novosti) Ruzic: Serbia-EU negotiations on 20 December or 21 January (Novosti) Serbia has shown it is ready to meet expectations of EU members – US (Tanjug) Brammertz in UN SC: Serbia’s cooperation with the Hague Tribunal very good (Beta) STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS Conference on B&H experiences in finding missing persons: Around 30,000 missing in B&H (Oslobodjenje)
 RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES Stabilising public debt should be Serbia's top priority in 2014 – IMF official ( HYPERLINK "http://www.hispanicbusiness.com/finance/_blank" Hispanic Business' Finance Channel) Bosnia court won't detain convicted war criminals (World Bulletin)

STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS • New round of Belgrade-Pristina dialogue (RTS) • Kocijancic: Full implementation of agreement – positive report from Ashton (Tanjug) • Still uncertain - Kosovo in one or two chapters (Tanjug) • EP: Committee asks for negotiations with Serbia in December (Politika/Tanjug) • Skrbic: Sarajevo will not recognize Kosovo (Novosti) STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS • Radmanovic: PIC less and less interesting to anyone in B&H (Radio RS) RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES • Police detain 9 former Bosnian Serb policemen suspected of crimes against humanity (AP) • Bosnia survivors outraged at war criminals' release (AFP) • Bosnian Prime Minister denies plans to sell BH Telecom (CET) • Dzenana Karup Druško: the painful importance of the ICTY (Osservatorio Balcani e Caucaso) • Time to resolve the Greece-Macedonia name game (EUobserver.com)

STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS • Dacic satisfied about results of local elections in Kosovo (Tanjug) • Serbia "ready for accession talks," says negotiator (B92, Novosti) • Djilas: DS wants Serbia in EU (Tanjug) • Serbia's cooperation with ICTY is positive (Tanjug) • "Countries informed" about anti-Serb incidents in Croatia (B92) STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS • Dodik : Never against the policy of official Belgrade (Nezavisne novine/ Srna) RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES • EU satisfies over second round of polls in Kosovo (KUNA, 3 Dec. 2013) • Tax Rises in Serbia's 2014 Budget Defended (BIRN, 4 Dec. 2013) • Bosnia’s Unfinished Business (New York Times, 3 Dec. 2013) • EU Says Progress Achieved At Marathon Bosnia Talks (RFE/RL's Balkan Service, 4 Dec 2013) • Bosnian police sentenced for war crimes in Serbia (World Bulletin, 3 Dec. 2013) • Hague Tribunal President faces protest in Bosnia (Netherlands Times, 3 Dec. 2013) • Deripaska's En+ affiliate seeks EUR 100 mln from Montenegro (RAPSI, 4 Dec. 2013) • Macedonia’s Small Parties Demand Election Reform (BIRN, By Sinisa Jakov Marusic, 4 Dec 2013) • Croatian Anti-Cyrillic Campaigners Eye Referendum (BIRN, By Josip Ivanaovic, 3 Dec. 2013)