STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS • Vucic: I swore on Constitution, not to someone else (Tanjug, Vecernje Novosti, B92) • Vucic: Push for diversification, not policy shift toward the U.S. (Tanjug) • Dacic: Too late for president's platform on Kosovo (Vecernje Novosti) • German Ambassador: Kosovo is a precondition of all conditions for the EU (Pink TV) • Pristina: Session on special court postponed (B92) • Defense minister attends send-off for Serbian peacekeepers (Tanjug) STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS • House of representatives condemns terrorist attack in Zvornik (Srna) • Pandurevic: No one equates terrorism with Bosniaks (Oslobodjenje) RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES • Serbia Calls on EU Not to Create Barriers for Gas Projects (Sputnik) • Kosovo Postpones Vote on Wartime Crime Court (BIRN) • Political Risk Analysis - Hasty government formation points to continued instability - July 2015 (BMI) • Macedonia's crisis cffecting entire region, Zaev tells Bulgaria PM (Novinite.com)

STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS • Vucic: Good visit for future of two peoples (RTS) • Dacic: An international presence still needed in Kosovo and Metohija (Tanjug) • "Serbs find Kosovo army unacceptable" - deputy Kosovo PM (Tanjug) • Vucic: Serbia will accept U.S. calls to reduce dependency on Russian gas (B92, Beta,AP) • Vucic: Region "needs money, not seminars" from EU (B92, Tanjug) • Dodik: NATO membership acceptable if people want it (NIN) STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS • SDA undermines the status of RS with the aim to break it into regions (Srna) • SNSD ready to stop the adoption of resolution on condemnation of genocide (Srna) • Novalic on problems in FB&H government: Difficult to say what to do next (Oslobodjenje) • According to Pristina media, Jahjaga and Mustafa knew about Kumanovo (FoNet) RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES • EU court jails 11 ex-Kosovo fighters over war crimes (EUbusiness) • Serbian Prime Minister makes landmark visit to Albania (Associated Press) • Macedonia ready to join Turkish stream project once Moscow reaches agreement with EU (Reuters) • The Functionalist Engine is Running out of Steam (New Europe)

STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS • Serbian government committed to dialogue (RTS/Politika) • UNSC ambassadors urge Pristina to establish Special Court (RTS) • Vucic: We see Kosovo as our territory (Tanjug) • Djuric: Absence of Kosovo Albanians an insult and disrespect (RTS) • Drecun: Vucic’s visit to Tirana is not symbolic (RTS) • Fifty-nine years of prison for 11 members of the so-called Drenica group (Tanjug) STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS • Dodik: Current RS government continues to work at full capacity, opposition claims are at preemie levels (Oslobodjenje) • Head of EU Delegation in B&H: We have no more time for B&H (Nezavisne) • Interview with Gruevski: Macedonia’s future is in NATO and EU (Kurir) RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES • UN envoy urges Kosovo to establish war crime court (The Associated Press) • Thousands of Kosovars mourn Albanian militants killed in Macedonia (Reuters) • Macedonia Will Only Join Turkish Stream amid Agreement between Russia, EU on it – Gruevski (Novinite) • ‘Something Needs to Give’: Macedonian Leaders Meet Over Political Crisis (Sputnik) • Macedonia: A pawn in the Russian geopolitical game? (Deutsche Welle) • Balkan leaders wary of Macedonia crisis fallout (AP)

STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS • Draft ZSO still kept secret (Danas) • Eight-four applications for judges and prosecutors (RTS) • Gasic presents report on the work of Defense Ministry: Army prepared and capable to respond to all possible threats (Tanjug) • Fate of Serbs kidnapped in Kosovo and Metohija since 1998 needs to be established (Tanjug) • Kosovo Minister on a visit to Bujanovac and Presevo (Beta) • Valon Kabashi, first identified member of the Albanian National Army (RTS) • Dodik: Numerous controversies following Srebrenica (Novosti) STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS • Party members leaving SDS (Srna) • Cvijanovic: SDS has parted from RS and its people (Srna) RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES • Serbia not “a servant to the EU” (New Europe) • Serbian Prime Minister to Undertake Historic Visit to Albania (Agence France-Presse) • Macedonian Record Bond Rout Lures Buyers as Economy Outperforms (Bloomberg) • Beating of Critical Macedonian Journalist Condemned (BIRN) • Bulgaria, Croatia back territorial integrity of Macedonia, Bosnia and Herzegovina (The Sofia Globe)

STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS • Vucic: Nikolic’s platform serious document; Serbia will not change relations toward Russia (TV B92) • Vucic and Brammertz: No open ended issues in cooperation (RTS) • Djuric: Talks on ZSO finally to commence (RTS) • Pak: Agreement will be reached on the platform for Kosovo (TV Pink) • Experts on Serbian Constitution (Radio Serbia) • Ogar: Europe must stop the farce (Novosti) STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS • PDP: We’ll form a new RS government without SNSD (Oslobodjenje) • FB&H step away from the fiscal meltdown, Croatia from bankruptcy (Dnevni avaz/Hina) • Tokic released (Fena) RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES • Serbia Starts Mustering EU Accession Talks Team (The Journal of Turkish Weekly) • Tuzla Massacre Commemorated on Streets of Serbia (BIRN) • Dodik: Many practice themselves on Serbs (Sputnik) • Crisis in Macedonia Requires Meaningful and Swift Measures (Voice of America) • Attack On Macedonian Journalist Condemned (RFE/RL/AP) • Why Does Putin Care Who Runs a Tiny Balkan Nation? Gas Pipelines (Bloomberg) • Montenegro Plans to Tighten Asylum Law (BIRN)