STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS • Djuric: Pristina will get nothing until it honors the agreement (RTS) • Haradinaj: “Cannot accept the Community of Serb Municipalities” (Tanjug) • Opposition to hold another protest in Pristina on Saturday (Tanjug) • Vucic offers Mustafa help after flooding in Kosovo (Tanjug) STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS • Serbian President: Republika Srpska should celebrate its National Day (Srna) • Dodik: Republika Srpska is "a state" (Glas Srpske) • Dodik: RS celebrates as evidence of strengthening and commitment of its existence (Oslobodjenje) • B&H Court confirms indictment against B&H General (Bosna danas) RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES • Serbian Opposition Urges United Front in Polls (BIRN) • Serbian PM: Relations With Kosovo Must Be Normalized (RFE/RL)

STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS • Pristina "won't get dial code until it meets obligations" (Tanjug) • Albanians block the street leading to the Orthodox Church in Djakovica (RTS, Novosti) • SNS, SPS discuss steps for Serbia's future (Tanjug) • With NATO-members around it, can Serbia remain neutral? (B92, Danas) STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS • Vucic confirms he will attend RS Day ceremony (Bosna danas) • Ivanic-Vucic: To continue with the excellent relations between the RS and Serbia (Klix) • George Soros plans to topple Milorad Dodik this year (Bosna danas) • State police raid Pavlovic Bank looking for evidence against Dodik (Bosna danas) • Boniak woman given 3-year sentence in US for supporting terrorists (Bosna danas) RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES • Croatia’s Serbs Nervously Await New Govt’s Plans (BIRN) • Serbia: Independent media increasingly targeted as spies (indexoncensorship.org)

STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS • Belgrade-Pristina Dialogue to resume in last week of January (Tanjug) • Djuric: ZSO imperative for success in further normalization (Tanjug) • Dacic: The Government will do "everything" to prevent Kosovo from joining the UN (TV Pink) • Mogherini: Belgrade-Pristina Agreements among EU’s 12 greatest achievements (Novosti) • "Dacic wants to find out if early elections will be held" (Danas) • Two suspected IS members arrested in Pristina (RTS) STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS • Serb member of B&H Presidency criticizes Nikolic (Dnevni avaz, Hina) • SNSD: Ivanic forgot Serbia obligated to protect RS (Oslobodjenje) • Dodik: Republika Srpska will continue to strengthen its autonomy (Srna) • General and Local Elections in B&H will be merged (Radio Sarajevo) • Serbs killed in eastern B&H on Christmas Day remembered (Srna) • Macedonian PM confirms he'll resign "before January 15" (MNA) RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES • Why US sees Kosovo as its 52nd State? (Sputnik) • British MPs tout NATO's ‘Kosovo success story’ as reason to bomb Syria (RT)

STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS • Nikolic on ZSO (Blic) • Djuric: ZSO cements Serbia’s presence (Danas/FoNet) • Davenport: Chapter 35 is not about recognition of Kosovo (Politika) • Petition launched for organizing local elections on the territory of Kosovo and Metohija according to the laws of the Republic of Serbia (New Serbian Political Thought) STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS • Radoncic says Zvizdic not competent to be Prime Minister (Bosna danas) • Fahrudin Radoncic sought Council of Ministers (Fena) • Crnadak: Nikolic’s statement on plan to topple Dodik surprising (Nezavisne) • Izetbegovic: Only Milorad can topple Dodik (TV N1) • Dodik: Nobody trifles with Republika Srpska (RTRS) RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES • Russia needs to teach its friends a lesson of friendship (Pravda) • Belarus' MFA signs protocols of cooperation with Macedonia, Montenegro (BelTA, 31 December 2015)

STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS • Dacic: We will not support Luksic in the UN (Danas) • Nikolic with Davutoglu on Kosovo and Russia (Danas) • Djuric: Resumption of Brussels negotiations in January (RTS/Tanjug) • Synod to examine Nikolic’s proposal on position of the Serbian Orthodox Church in Kosovo and Metohija (Novosti) • Kosovo didn’t receive dialing code since Pristina didn’t give “Telekom Serbia” license for fixed and mobile telephony (Politika) STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS • Nikolic aware of plans to topple Dodik (RTRS) • Cavic: Serbian President supports Dodik’s lies (Bosna danas) • SBB to enter Council of Ministers, but Radoncic will not be a minister (Nezavisne) • Izetbegovic on the issue of merging of Cantons (Klix) RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES • Turkey attempted to start war between NATO and Russia, Serbian president claims (Hurriyet Daily News) • Montenegro Cabinet to Push for Vote of Confidence Over NATO Membership (Sputnik) Macedonia: Deadly Shootout Tests Ethnic Relations (BIRN)