STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS • Dacic to attend UN SC meeting on Kosovo (Tanjug/Beta) • Dacic: Serbia’s position strengthened In Kosovo (Radio Belgrade) • Vucic: Kosovo MPs didn’t vote for Thaqi (Beta/RTS) • Djuric: Serb List didn’t vote for Thaqi (Beta/TV Pink/RTS) • Stevanovic, Schodder discuss migrants (Tanjug) • Last parliament session on Thursday (RTS) • Ivan Karic joins SPS (RTS/Beta) STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS • Lecture from History: Independence Day of B&H, March 1st (Klix) • Ivanic: Serbs and RS will never recognize 1 March as the so-called National Day of B&H (Srna) • Bosniaks celebrating, Croats only as much as they have to, but Serbs are not (Srna) • Patriarch Irinej: RS to justify aspirations of all Serbs (Srna) • Indictment against Milan Mandic confirmed (Srna) • Reconstruction of Executive Power in the Herzegovina-Neretva Canton on Monday? (Patria) • Analysis: Can SBB survive without the founder? (Faktor.ba) • Macedonian-Greek border closed after 30 migrants got injured (MIA) • Macedonian President is one of the most deserving people in the midst of refugee crisis (MIA) RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES • China’s Growing Ties With Serbia (The Diplomat) • Bosnia eyes closure of radical Islamic centers over links to Syria militants (Reuters) • Bosnia mulls courtroom headscarf ban for Muslim women (DW)

STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS • Selakovic: Defence minister authorised for engagement of armed forces (Tanjug) • Kosovo Assembly session interrupted (Tanjug) • Stefanovic: Neighbors introduce quotas (TV Pink) • Obradovic: Government to decide on ICTY order to arrest Seselj (Novosti) • Zivkovic: Obviosly that opposition will not take part in elections on one list (Beta) STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS • Another SIPA operation unannounced to the RS police (Srna) • Imposition of first-instance verdicts for Karadzic and Seselj in March (Klix) • Albanian President Nishani finishes his visit to Sarajevo (Radio Sarajevo) • Ambassador of New Zealand to B&H expressing hopes for further NATO integration of B&H (Novo vrijeme) • Interview with High Representative to B&H Valentin Inzko (EuroBlic) • Gruevski: People will decide at elections (MIA) • Nikola Poposki: Both Macedonia and NATO benefit from country’s Alliance membership (MIA) RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES • Turkey’s 'Soft Power' Risks Backfiring in Balkans (BIRN) • Increased police controls decided by Austria-coalition will worsen the crisis (New Europe)

STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS • Bureau for Coordination of Security Services: All security services on full alert (Tanjug/Beta) • Stefanovic: Full alert of services doesn’t imply sending the army to the border (RTS) • Stefanovic: Follow-up to Vienna meeting in Belgrade on Friday (Tanjug) • Cucic: Serbia should not follow others, but the example of Austria, Germany (RTV) • Serbian, Greek army chiefs discuss migrant crisis, training (Tanjug/RTS) • Elections in Pristina delaying ZSO until summer (Novosti) STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS • Covic after the meeting with Radoncic: Coalition is enviably stable (Klix) • Dodik: RS will not recognize Kosovo (Srna) • RS Constitutional Court: Vital national interest of Bosniaks has not been violated (Srna) • Dodik: RS has the largest concentration of competences on the EU path (Srna) • Krivokapic: DPS main Montenegrin problem (RTCG) • Macedonian President Ivanov: Political crisis must end (MIA) • Skopje: Diva Naselba trial continues (MIA) RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES • Austria, Balkan states agree tighter border controls (World Bulletin) • Crisis or opportunity? How European countries use refugees for political gain (theconversation.co)

STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS • Vucic repeats that Serbia is a militarily neutral country (Tanjug/Beta) • Dacic: Serbia doesn’t have much maneuvering space (Tanjug) • UNHCR concerned over growing refugees along borders (Beta) • Drecun wonders whether Serbs will benefit from Thaqi as president (B92) • Working Group for KLA crimes might include Mrkic (Novosti) • SNS presents election list name (Tanjug) STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS • Gruevski says elections on 5 June will go ahead with or without SDSM (Republika) • Zvizdic on agreements on EBRD Summit (Faktor) • Mektic: Bosnia has 65 warrants for fighters on foreign soil (Fena/Srna) • Will Radoncic be deprived of license for access to classified information? (Klix) RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES • Balkans Struggling on Human Rights: Amnesty Report (BIRN) • Austria Wants a Full Stop to Migrant Influx Along Balkans (AP) • Montenegro Parliament Set to Oust Speaker (BIRN)

STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS • Vucic, Rama – “Russia factor” and campaign (Tanjug) • Coordination of security services necessary towards resolving crimes in Kosovo and Metohija (RTS) • Still no solution regarding disputable Kosovo textbooks (Danas) • Stefanovic: We will behave just as Austria and Germany behave (Tanjug) • Austria still without decision on refugees from Afghanistan (Beta) STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS • SDA-SBB meeting: Unreserved support for the continuation of the coalition agreement (Oslobodjenje) • Covic: Coalition partners in revision phase (Srna) • FB&H Constitutional Court: The new Labor Law enacted contrary to FB&H Constitution (Fena) • SIPA undertakes necessary measures in regard to threats by Amir Selimovic against Bosniaks and Rais (Fena) • VMRO-DPMNE: No valid arguments for postponing the elections, SDSM wants to prolong the crisis (MIA) RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES • Austria rejects Balkans migrants conference criticism (Agence France Presse) • Montenegro will have to close borders if neighbours do: PM (Reuters)