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Belgrade Media Report 15 January 2016

STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS • Tear gas thrown at municipal councilors in Bela Crkva (B92, Beta, Blic) • PM asks EU to come up with policy for migrant crisis (Tanjug) • Ruling party official: We'll help PM make decision (Danas) • McAllister: Stability through integration, cooperation (Tanjug) • Kosovo to be on agenda of CoE assembly (Tanjug) STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS • Citizens – not political elite – will decide on B&H’s NATO membership (Oslobodjenje) • Gruevski after the temporary withdrawal: We will great victory with you at the next election (MNA) RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES • Vucic charm offensive appears to disarm Serbian media (BIRN) • Russian arms deliveries to Serbia "would restore balance" (Sputnik) • Rogozin criticizes Croatia and Montenegro during Serbia trip (EurActiv.com) • Hahn visits Macedonia to push through crisis deal (BIRN)

Belgrade Media Report 14 January 2016

STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS • Vucic voices his hope in success of new round of negotiations with Pristina (Danas) • Vucic: I'm not very optimistic, Pristina does not fulfill its obligations (Tanjug) • Vucic prefers early elections to cabinet reshuffle (B92) • Vucic "ready to resign, schedule early elections for April" (Vecernje Novosti) • Montgomery: There is no real alternative to Vucic (Tanjug) • President Nikolic against RS referendum – adviser (Danas) STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS • Dodik: I was not talking about Referendum with Nikolic (ATV) • B&H Security Ministry secretary in one-month custody (Bosna danas) RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES • Kosovo to call for demarcation of borders with Serbia at upcoming talks (Sputnik) • Hague Tribunal demands updates on Serbian Radicals’ arrests (BIRN) • Zaev: Macedonia Not Yet Ready for Fair Elections (BIRN)

Belgrade Media Report 13 January

STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS • Dacic: We are not satisfied with the implementation of the Brussels agreement so far (Studio B) • PM to ask party for permission "to decide on early polls" (B92) • Russian diplomatic slap to Serbia (Blic) • Deputy PM tells Rogozin to "take care of his own state" (Tanjug) • Dodik: B&H is where I live, RS and Serbia are my state (RTS) • Vucic: Serbian national Srdjan Babic released (Tanjug) STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS • Izetbegovic: Coalition with SBB will survive despite setbacks (Klix) • Abu Hamza could be released on March 4 (Dnevni avaz) RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES • Russia wants to build helicopter service centre in Serbia (Sputnik) • Russia Gets Weapons Wish List from Serbian Army (Sputnik)

Belgrade Media Report 12 January 2016

STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS • Kocijancic: Preparations for new round of dialogue underway (Tanjug) • If Croatia drops plans to buy weapons, so will Serbia – PM (Tanjug) • Journalists protest, ask that Defense Minister be sacked (B92) • Dodik talks about referendum, terrorist threat (TV Pink) • Kosovo: Home Of Serb returnees broken, Orthodox Church ransacked (Tanjug) STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS • Covic: Vucic sending messages of B&H’s future (Srna, Vijesti) • Izetbegovic and Radoncic met after the arrest of SBB officials (Srna) • More arrests on Islamic terrorism charges (Nezavisne) RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES • 'Closed' Serbian news agency with ties to government still publishing (EurActiv) • Publish 2013 Census Data, EU Urges Bosnia (BIRN) • Euro MPs Check Implementation of Macedonia Crisis Deal (BIRN)

Belgrade Media Report 11 January 2016

STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS • Kosovo: 8.000 people participated in Pristina protest that turned violent, UNMIK voiced concerns (RTS) • Stojanovic: Albanians urinated in Orthodox Church in Pristina (RTS) • Dacic: Desecration of the Church is proof that Kosovo does not belong in UNESCO (Tanjug) • Serbian President on the issues of Croatia’s arming, Kosovo and Russia (Beta, B92) • PM meets with Rogozin, says Serbia "won't be easy target" (Tanjug) • "Vucic forced Dodik to give up on referendum" (Danas) STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS • Dodik: Russia supporting referendum is "important" (RTRS, Alternativna TV) • What has PM Vucic said in Banja Luka? (Klix) RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES • Kosovo Braces for Escalation in Political Crisis (BIRN) • The Bosnian Problem: Milorad Dodik and Republika Srpska (Global Research)