STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS • Dacic: Important that EU keeps focus on Western Balkans (Tanjug) • Interpol’s warrants for crimes in Kosovo and Metohija (RTS/Tanjug) • Odalovic: Crimes committed during KFOR’s presence in Kosovo and Metohija (RTS) • Pristina preparing new requests ahead of resumption of dialogue (Novosti) • Hague would like to release seriously ill Seselj (B92/Tanjug) • Albanians in southern Serbia invocating Rama (Novosti) STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS • SDA-HDZ B&H meeting concludes: Doors to coalition open to all (Oslobodjenje) • Karadzic’s daughter MP in RS parliament (Hina) RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES • EU to name expert to review Kosovo mission corruption charges (EUbusiness) • Serbia Urged to Speed Up War Crimes Prosecutions (BIRN) • UN War Crimes Court May Release Ailing Serb (AP) • Bosniaks, Croats Cement Govt Alliance in Bosnia (BIRN) • Macedonian opposition determined not to return to parliament (Independent Balkan News Agency) • Mladic Witness: Serbs ‘Humiliated’ by Bosniaks (BIRN)

STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS • Nikolic congratulated Dodik on his re-election as entity president (RTS) • Mogherini mediator in Belgrade-Pristina dialogue (RTS) • Drecun: There is fear of EULEX affairs being relativized and hushed up (Srna) • Djuric and Janjic thank KFOR for protecting Decani Monastery (Tanjug/Politika) • Musliu: I will advocate implementation of referendum that envisages annexation of Kosovo (FoNet) STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS • Cavic: NDP delegates rejected SNSD immoral offers to enter government (Oslobodjenje) • Dodik: SNSD, DNS, SP will form RS government (Oslobodjenje/RTS) RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES • EU anti-fraud investigators should examine bribery and corruption allegations in Kosovo says S&D (EU Reporter Correspondent) • With eyes on EU, Albania hopes to draw line under Serbia drone row (Reuters) • Serbian Province Reshuffles Government (BIRN) • Serbia Starts IMF Loan Talks to Get Investors’ Confidence (Bloomberg) • Jailed Bosnian Serb war criminal sues British government for £120,000 for PTSD 'scars' because it failed to protect him from fellow inmates who slashed his throat (Daily Mail)

STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS • Vucic: Serbia promoting stability in the region (Politika/Novosti/Danas) • Dacic: Important activities of Serbian diplomacy in the region and worldwide (Radio Serbia/Politika) • Djuric requests protection of Serbs in Metohija (RTS/Tanjug) • Stoltenberg: KFOR committed to its mandate in Kosovo (Danas/Tanjug) • Ugljanin: BNV for resolution of Bosniak issue (Tanjug) • Fehratovic: We request elections to be annulled (RTS) • “Europe has died in Pristina” (Danas) STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS • Igor Radojicic: As things stand, I will not be Prime Minister (Press) • Lobbying for power in Banja Luka (Politika’s Sarajevo correspondent) • Dodik: “South Stream” or total blockage of Bosnia and Herzegovina (Novosti) RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES • Planned western Balkans reconciliation meeting crumbles (Reuters) • Russia Reduces Gas Flow to Serbia over Unpaid Debt (novinite.com) • Yugoslavia’s Last Defense Minister Dies in Moscow (AP) • Ministers from Austria, the Western Balkans and V4 Meet in Slovakia (FriedlNews) • Post election games have begun in Bosnia (Journal of Turkish Weekly) • Republika Srpska Opposition Strikes Back at Ruling Party (BIRN) • FYROM FM says Athens, Skopje ‘nowhere near a solution’ (ekathimerini.com)

STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS • Dacic: Serbia’s foreign policy priority is EU membership (Tanjug) • Djuric: Ivanovic is victim of “rule of law” in Kosovo (RTS) • Kerry: U.S. grateful to Serbia for support in battle against Islamists (Novosti/Tanjug) • What is rotten in EULEX (Politika) STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS • Confirmed alliance between SNSD and HDZ B&H (Danas/BHRT) • Dodik: Chairman of the Council of Ministers will be a Bosniak (BHRT) RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES • Atifete Jahjaga had been invited to take part in a meeting in Belgrade of the Trilateral Commission, a biannual gathering of influential business leaders, academics and policymakers (World Bulletin) • Bosnians Punished Parties in Power, Panel Says (BIR) • The Chance for a Multi-Ethnic Bosnia (Anadolu Agency) • Mladic Witness: Serb-Run Hospital Helped Bosniaks (BIRN)

STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS • Djuric: Urgent revision of EULEX necessary (Radio Belgrade) • UK foreign secretary congratulates Serbian PM on reforms (Novosti) • Dacic: Messages more important than program of Rama’s visit (RTS) • Dacic receives ambassadors of African Arab countries (Tanjug) • Jahjaga will not take part in Belgrade gathering (B92) • Joksimovic: Economy in enlargement policy focus (Tanjug) STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS • SDA receives nine mandates for B&H House of Representatives, SNSD six (Fena) • Izetbegovic: The reality is that Bosniaks will not abolish RS, Serbs will not abolish B&H, and the Croats will not get an entity (BHRT) • Alliance for Change: Everything is in our hands (Oslobodjenje) RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES • Serbian prime minister grilled on press freedom at London event (indexoncensorship.org) • Serbia Seeks Swift IMF Loan Deal to Lure Investors, Premier Says (Bloomberg) • European Union lifts freeze on Milosevic family assets (Reuters) • Mladic Witness: Hunger Deaths Were Propaganda (BIRN)