STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS • Ongoing parliamentary debate on Gasic’s dismissal (RTS) • Vucic: EP resolution good signal, different position of our country (Tanjug) • Vucic to Breedlove: KFOR plays key role in protection of Serbs (Tanjug) • Generals Dikovic, Di Marco: VS-NATO cooperation is good (Tanjug) • Dacic-Breedlove meeting cancelled (RTS/Beta) • Kosovo Serbs entering election race (Novosti) • EU to demand Serbia to host and retain 6000 refugees (Danas) • Djuric, Simic discuss political challenges in Kosovo (Tanjug) • Belgrade sees ICTY’s request as pressure (Novosti) • Car owned by Gracanica municipal lawyer torched (RTS) • Ministry: Visit to Srebrenica postponed over technicalities (Beta) STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS • Indictement filed against Fahrudin Radoncic, Bakir Dautbasic, Bilsen Sahman and Zijad Hadzijahic (Fena) • I will always gladly respond to the calls from judicial institutions (Dnevni avaz) • Izetbegovic: Prosecution of officers of B&H Army an attempt to establish artificial balance (Fena) • B&H Prosecutor’s Office dissatisfied with Serbian court’s ruling in Gojkovic case (Fena) • Cormack: US is not toppling the Republika Srpska government (Fena) • Croatian President Cabinet: No Conditions for Visit to Nikolic (Jutarnji list) • Mandic: Referendum or conflict (RTCG) • The Prime Minister’s offer to the opposition (RTCG) RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES • Euro MPs Criticise Serbia’s Welcome for War Criminal (BIRN) • Why Ex-Yugoslav Balkans Reject NATO, Preserve Sovereign Neutrality (Sputnik)

STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS • European Parliament adopts resolution on Serbia (Tanjug/RTS) • Joksimovic, Hahn: Serbia is on right track (Tanjug) • Request of Croatian MEPs in Strasbourg (Novosti) • Sanctions according to UN and OSCE rules and in line with Serbia’s interests (Politika) • Drecun: Archive that could lead to command responsibility of KLA members (RTS/Tanjug) • Marinelli starts term as Belgrade NATO liaison office chief (RTS/Tanjug) • Marinkovic: Clear plan needed against terrorism (Tanjug) • Faktor Plus: Six lists in parliament (Politika) STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS • Izetbegovic questioned in B&H Prosecutor’s Office (Klix) • Izetbegovic gives a statement about the appointment of Ambassador Hadzijahic (N1) • Izetbegovic calls the court documents “a speculation” (Patria) • Fahrudin Radoncic remains in custody, appeal rejected (Fena) • Parliament failed to adopt the negative opinion on amendments to the Criminal Code (Srna) • Sakib Mahmuljin pleaded not guilty (Nezavisne) • B&H to finalize and publish Census results without further delay! (Srna) • Croatian MEPS warn about Serbia's outstanding issues with Croatia (Hina) • In NATO thanks to the results in Afghanistan among other things (RTCG) • Defense Minister Jolevski in US: Macedonia deserves prompt accession to NATO (MIA) RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES • Migration And The Western Balkans (The International Post Magazine) • Five stakeholders along Western Balkans route to establish standardized migrant registration (Xinhua) • Constitutional Court Ruling Adds to Bosnia's Turmoil (BIRN)

STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS • Vucic: Serbia will be no parking lot for refugees (Tanjug/RTS) • EP to debate resolution on Serbia ahead of Thursday vote (Tanjug) • McAllister: Serbia must not block Kosovo (Novosti) • Veselinovic: Authorities preparing election theft “via bags with ballots from Kosovo) (Tanjug) • One-month detention for arrested at Visoki Decani (Tanjug) • News on postponement of Nikolic’s visit to Croatia is a spin (Politika/Blic) STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS • Izetbegovic called for a hearing by SIPA (Srna) • B&H Prosecutor’s Office: We did not provide the transcripts; we will investigate how they leaked (Dnevni avaz) • B&H Prosecutor withdrew the order to search Milorad Dodik’s facilities, accounts and transactions (Vecernji list) • Dodik: I believe in the independence of the Republika Srska (RTRS) • Interview with HR Valentin Inzko (Vecernji list) • Competent only the judgment of the public (RTCG) • Electoral Roll: State Election Commission adopts methodology for purification (MIA) RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES • 20 years after Dayton, here’s what Bosnians think about being divided by ethnicity (The Washington Post)

STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS • New Vucic-Mustafa meeting in May, perhaps (Politika) • Dacic: Serbia to keep pursuing constructive regional policy, but cannot become collective center for migrants (Tanjug/RTS) • Stankovic: Security situation in Serbia’s south stable (Beta) • Return of Islamic warriors to Serbia (Politika) • Drecun: International community needs to step-up awareness (RTS/Tanjug) • Dragisic: Matter of time when Islamic terrorists in Kosovo will launch attacks (B92) • Djuric receives Andreas Michaelis (Novosti) • Stefanovic, Michaelis: EU needs common approach to migration (Tanjug) • Serb candidate for Kosovo president? (Novosti) STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS • Izetbegovic: The crisis is obviously nearing the end (Novo vrijeme/Fena/Nezavisne) • Djonlagic: Coalition SDA-SBB stabilized Bosniak political factor in an important period (Klix) • Tegeltija: Radoncic’s rights have been infringed (Dnevni avaz) • Who is involved in the abuse of office in “Radoncic” case? (Dnevni avaz) • Karamarko, Covic say B&H likely to become EU candidate in 2017 (Hina) • Bektasevic is part of B&H terrorist network (Srna) • B&H to take a loan of 900 million BAM from the IMF? (Slobodna Bosna/ATV) • Djukanovic proposed to dismiss Konjevic (RTCG) • Montenegrin foreign minister official candidate for UN Secretary General (Dnevne novine) • 47, 3 % of citizens in favor of NATO membership (RTCG) RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES • Kosovars Arrested Near Monastery 'Linked to Syria' (BIRN) • Syria fund to help keep refugees in Macedonia and Serbia (EurActiv) • Kosovo – the defenestration of Oliver Ivanovic (TransConflict)

STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS • Nikolic: Specificity of Kosovo, according to UNSCR 1244 (Novosti/Tanjug/Beta) • Djuric: Warning to Kosovo authorities (Beta) • Another attack on Serb returnees in Kosovo (Tanjug) • Drecun: State will do everything to prevent terrorism (Tanjug) • Stojanovic: Kosovo can become headquarters of religious extremism (RTS) • Pressure increasing on EU member states not recognizing Kosovo (Novosti) • Stefanovic: No threats from terrorism in Serbia (RTS/Tanjug) • DS for two election lists (Novosti) STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS • Dodik: Referendum will be held (Nezavisne) • Prosecutor’s office, Sarajevo politicians speculating (Srna) • Jonathan Moore: Radoncic told me he will be arrested (FACE TV) • Dragan Barbaric: The SDA-SBB coalition stable (Dnevni Avaz) • Covic: I am worried (Dnevni avaz) • Naser Oric appointed as advisor to the Minister in Federation of B&H (Vecernji list/ Nezavisne) RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES • Serbia Cuts 2015 Deficit by Almost Half Despite December Surge (Bloomberg) • Montenegro Leaders Plot Ways Out of Crisis (BIRN)