STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS • Dacic: KFOR – guarantee of implementation of Brussels agreement (Radio Serbia/Politika/Tanjug) • Gasic and Stamatopoulos on NATO, Serbia cooperation (Tanjug) • Return of Serbs to Kosovo-Metohija, most expensive and least successful in the world (Radio Serbia) • Dacic thanks Kazakhstan for principled position in not recognizing Kosovo (Tanjug) STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS • DF Presidency: As of today, there is no parliamentary majority (Oslobodjenje) • Dragan Covic: Partnership with SDA, DF is over (Oslobodjenje/Srna) • Recognize RS ministries' positions in preliminary drafts (Srna) RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES • Serbian PM Promises 'Justice' In 1999 Slaying Of U.S. Brothers (Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty) • Serbia Reaffirms Neutrality Regarding NATO Membership – PM Vucic (Sputnik) • Macedonia Mischief (The Weekly Standard)

STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS • Vucic: Serbia can count on U.S. support (RTS) • Vucic offered what Milosevic refused (Blic) • Dikovic and Figliulo discuss security situation in Kosovo and Metohija (Politika/Tanjug) • Djuric: Pristina is not encouraging return of displaced persons (Radio Serbia) • Brammertz: First degree verdicts to Seselj and Karadzic this year (Danas) STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS • Izetbegovic: Government can be formed without SDA, but I wouldn’t recommend it to anyone (N1) • Dragan Covic: SDA-HDZ -DF not truly a partnership, reconstruction of the government needed (Fena) • HDZ and SDA ministers outvoted DF (Nezavisne) • Gratitude to the UNDP for assisting the institutions and citizens of the RS (Srna) RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES • Serbia Under Pressure Over US Albanians’ Murders (BIRN) • Serbian PM’s US trip: Drifting away from Russia? (RT) • Bosnia awaits pope’s message of peace two decades after war (The Irish Times)

STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS • Dacic: Maintain stability in South Caucasus region (RTS) • Gasic: Serbia appreciates Spain’s principled position not to recognize Kosovo (Tanjug) • Accounts of municipalities in northern Kosovo and Metohija unblocked (Politika) • Serbian-Bulgarian business forum (Radio Serbia) STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS • Sarovic: Team formed to create coordination mechanism (Oslobodjenje) • Cvijanovic: B&H Council of Ministers cannot appoint RS government representatives (Srna) • Cvijanovic: We will never agree to anything derogating from RS (Srna/RTRS) • Peoples in B&H should be allowed the right to self-determination (Srna) RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES • Serbia's Evolving Energy Policy (Stratfor Global Intelligence) • Premature elections agreed on in Macedonia as crisis exit strategy (Xinhua) • EU and US broker early elections in Macedonia (EUobserver) • Are the Albanians and the Americans now deciding the Macedonian Question? (Strategic Culture Foundation)

STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS • Dacic: Serbia supports Georgia’s territorial integrity (Tanjug) • Djuric: Somebody in Pristina is afraid of special court (Tanjug) • Komercijalna, B92 Fund donate to hospital in Kosovo (B92) • Keefe: Normalization with Kosovo crucial (Novosti) • Romania to harmonize with EU regarding Kosovo (Danas) STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS • Western Balkan countries important for peacekeeping missions (Srna) • Coordination mechanism is very important (Srna) • Request of the Bosniak Caucus not accepted (RTRS) • Djokic: There are serious intentions to destabilize the RS institutions (Srna) • Radojicic: I’m not agreeing anything with the opposition (Oslobodjenje) RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES • Serbia - In Search of Gas (naturalgaseurope.com) • Ruling Bosnian Serb Coalition May Have Lost Majority (BIRN) • More than 2,700 vote in Balkans in Turkey’s election (BMI Research)

STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS • Nikolic visits Ground Safety Zone (RTS/Tanjug) • Dacic: South Caucasus important for European stability (Tanjug) • Assistance for investments in Kosovo and Metohija (FoNet/Novosti/Danas) • It will take centuries for 200,000 Serbs to return (Politika) STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS • Stabilization and Association Agreement with Bosnia and Herzegovina enters into force today (Srna/Tanjug) • Daily recruitments of “Islamic state: members in B&H (Srna) • “Orange revolution” targets Republika Srpska and Macedonia (Srna) RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES • Serbia looks to the West (The Hill) • From Albania to Bosnia: Brothers Need Arms (BIRN) • Macedonia Opposition, PM to Resume Crisis Talks With EU Help (Bloomberg) • Russia Concerned That External Forces at Play in Macedonia Protests (Sputnik) • Macedonia Crisis Linked to Fate of Turkish Stream, Russia’s EU Envoy Says (Novinite) • Zero problem turns into zero strategy? (Today’s Zaman)