STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS

• Vucic: Platform for Kosovo and Metohija is a serious text (RTS/Tanjug/Radio Serbia/B92)
• Dacic: Events in Kumanovo might destabilize the region (Radio Serbia)
• Where is Nikolic’s platform for Kosovo? (Politika)
• Seselj warning – terrorists in Belgrade (Beta)

STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS

• B&H and Turkey: High level of economic cooperation, but could be better (Srna)
• Croatian MEPs call for urgent solving of crisis in Macedonia (Hina)
• USA: Western Balkans nursery of jihadists (Republika)

RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES

• Macedonia talks yield no breakthroughs (AFP)
• Macedonia's Gruevski, Zaev Fail to Reach Agreement in EU-Brokered Talks (Novinite)
• Macedonian crisis talks "not really started," opposition leader says (dpa)
• Bulgaria rejects Russian claim that it wants to dismember Macedonia (EurActiv, 21 May 2015)
• Albania says could block Macedonia’s NATO bid (AP)

STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS

• Cuba supports Serbia’s territorial integrity (Tanjug)
• Nikolic: Serbia and Cuba share same passion for freedom and independence (RTS)
• Vucic: Serbia has support of Germany (Tanjug)
• Selakovic: Kosovo is number one issue (TV Pink)
• Stefanovic: Terrorist groups must not be called liberation movements (Radio Serbia/RTS)
• Platform arrives, but ministers don’t know (Novosti)
• Content of plan only for “closest circle” (Danas)
• Milic: Vucic has greater support for EU ideas in the NGO sector than in the government (Politika)

STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS

• B&H, chairing the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe (Nezavisne)
• The Declaration goes to the Constitutional Court of RS (Nezavisne)
• Moneyval recognizes progress: B&H not going on a blacklist (Oslobodjenje)
• RS - more stable part of B&H (Srna)
• Albanian government uses its veto on Skopje’s accession to NATO (Srna/B92)

RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES

• EU membership remains Serbia’s priority, says PM Aleksandar Vucic (EuroNews)
• Serbia Needs Alternative to ‘Discredited’ Western News – Democratic Party (Sputnik)
• Moscow testing Belgrade’s neutrality (EurActiv)
• Unrest in Macedonia Follows ‘Regime Change’ Scenarios Used Worldwide (Sputnik)
• Sarajevo at risk of losing organisation of European Youth Olympics (Reuters)

STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS

• Dacic: Position of Serbs in Kosovo unacceptable (RTS)
• “Friends of Serbia” in Brussels: Support to European course of Serbia (Radio Serbia)
• Djuric: Trial to Jablanovic is return of verbal act (Politika)
• Senic: Untrue that Gazivode is a condition (Danas)
• Unofficial: President sends Kosovo platform to Prime Minister (B92)
• Vucic complained about Nikolic to NGOs (Blic)

STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS

• End of political crisis in the Federation of B&H (Nezavisne)
• Covic: In two to three days we’ll know whether we have executive government in B&H (Oslobodjenje)
• Dodik: There are no “Bosnian Serbs” living in Bosnia nor do such people exist! (Srna)
• SDS completely ignores RS’ interests (Srna)
• VMRO-DPMNE: We will not allow change of the Constitution and the name (Republika)
• Nedelkovski: There are Americans killed among terrorists in Kumanovo (Mina)
• Montenegro should get the invitation to NATO before the end of the year (RTCG)

RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES

• Violence in Macedonia: Danger or distraction? (The Economist)
• Macedonia PM Defies Calls to Step Downs as Crisis Simmers (Bloomberg)
• Macedonia MP Supporters 'Outnumber' Protesters at Monday Rally (Novinite)
• Analysis: The Problems Foreign Powers Find in the Balkans (Stratfor)
• Bosnia government approves 2015 budget (World Bulletin)

STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS

• Djuric: Importance of responsible public informing about dialogue (Tanjug)
• Djuric: No progress in dialogue with Pristina without ZSO (Novosti/Tanjug)
• Drecun: Security in Kosovo and Metohija relatively stable, but tense (Tanjug/RTS)
• Odalovic: Serbia and Albania can be pivot of stability (RTS)
• Kostic: Both EU path and friendship with Russia (Politika/B92)

STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS

• DF calls on Financial Police to enter public enterprises (Patria/Oslobodjenje)
• Izetbegovic condemns death sentence for Mohammed Morsi (Hina)
• Ethnic conflicts new name for terrorism? (Srna)

RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES

• Leaving Serbia and Kosovo to settle things themselves? (TransConflict)
• Macedonia's massed protesters turn heat on PM Gruevski (BBC News)
• PM Gruevski to meet opponents as protests continue over Macedonia wiretapping
• (Reuters/AFP/dpa/AP)
• Russia Accuses West of Trying to Destabilize Macedonia (Reuters)
• European parties add fuel to fire in Macedonia (EurActiv)
• Conflict in the Balkans Makes Moscow a Player (New Europe)
• Bosnia activists alarmed by "Putin's bill" on foreign-funded NGOs (Reuters)
• Party Battles Threaten Bosnia Federation Govt (Turkish Weekly)

STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS

• Nikolic: Balkans going backwards over Kosovo (Beta)
• Dacic and Lavrov: Stable, friendly and fraternal relations of Serbia and Russia (Radio Serbia)
• UNMIK violated human rights convention? (RTS/Tanjug/Vesti)
• Brussels asking for weaker ties between Belgrade and Banja Luka? (Novosti)
• Terror threatens Serbia (Novosti)
• Lavrov: We are not changing the stand towards Kosovo regardless of Crimea (Politika)

STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS

• Cavara: The unacceptable behavior of DF Ministers (Fena)
• B&H: 12 indictments for terrorism (Fena)
• Kumanovo streets blocked (Kurir)
• Vujanovic sent ambassador to B&H after the B&H PA rejected a resolution on Sutorina (RTCG)

RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES

• Kosovo: No Dialogue Until Serbia Fulfils Agreements (BIRN)
• Macedonian party leaders meet under global pressure (AFP)
• Tiny Macedonia Confronts a Supersize Scandal (New York Times)
• Ahmeti Tried to Negotiate End to Macedonian Carnage (BIRN)
• Bosnia indicts 12 for fighting in Syria, Iraq (Reuters)