STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS • Western diplomats request Pristina to form Union of Serb Municipalities (Novosti) • Gasic visits Serbian peacekeepers in Lebanon (Tanjug) • Gasic visits Serbian medical team in Cyprus (RTS/Tanjug) • Remains of 16 Kosovo Albanians from Rudnica transported to Merdare (Tanjug) • Ivanovic: EULEX needs “big fish” among the Serbs (Danas) STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS • Vucic: Serbia will not interfere with elections in RS (Danas) • Inzko: Elections can empower citizens in demands for reforms (Fena/Srna) • Cooperation between UNDP and FB&H Environmental Protection Fund (Fena) RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES • Cyprus and Serbia set to enhance ties (Famagusta Gazette) • Serbia Promises EU not to Get Rich off Russia's Food Bans (Reuters) • Russia allows dairy imports from two Serbian firms (Reuters) • Serbia Wants EU Membership and Russia’s Friendship: Rebuffs EU Demand For Sanctions on Russia (International Business News) • Jihad ‘Made in Kosovo’ (DW) • Bosnia Salafi Leader 'Appeals to Youths to Join Isis' (International Business Times UK) • Vukovar Battle Anniversary Highlights Croatia Divisions (BIRN) • Macedonia goes neo-classical – or is it just going kitsch? (Christian Science Monitor)

STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS • Joksimovic: We are waiting for good news from Brussels (Vecernje Novosti, 20 August 2014) • KIM: Representatives of the Serbs boycott Brussels Agreement? (Vecernje Novosti, 20 August 2014) STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS • The leader of the Wahabi calls young men in B&H to join the jihad (Tanjug, Dnevni Avaz, 19 August 2014) • Montenegro: A high rate of unsolved crimes (Tanjug, 20 August 2014) RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES • Serbia Hunt for Kosovo War Bodies Inconclusive (BIRN, By Nektar Zogjani, 21 August 2014) • Russian sanctions give Serbia unique chance — agriculture minister (ITAR-TASS, 21 August 2014) • Croatia to suffer greater damage from Russian sanction as time goes: ministers (XINHUA, 20 August 2014) • Croatian Anti-Fascist Street Name Sparks Dispute (BIRN, By Josip Ivanovic, 21 August 2014) • Bosnian Serb Prisoners Recall Beatings at Silos Camp (BIRN, By Denis Dzidic, 21 August 2014)

STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS • Milivoje Mihajlovic: We expect decision that Ivanovic can defend himself with freedom (RTS, 20.08.2014) • North boycotts "Brussels" (Novosti, By D. Zecevic, 19 August 2014) • KIM: One month detention determined for two Kosovo Serbs (Tanjug, 19 August 2014) • Kidnapping of journalists in Kosovo without investigation (FoNet, 20.08.2014) • Struggle for the souls of Balkan Muslims is ongoing (Danas, By Jelena Tasic, 19 August 2014) • South Stream through Bulgaria suspended (Beta, 19.08.2014) STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS • Export to Russia: Bosnia hinders customs zone (Novosti, By A. Macanovic, 19 August 2014) • Dodik on Inzko’s abolition of sanctions: They could have waited for 10 days before the elections, so that everything would become clear (SRNA, 19 August 2014) RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES • Serbia Fighting Against Re-Export of Banned Produce to Russia (RIA Novosti, 20 August 2014) • Montenegro Shifts Kosovo Refugees Into Containers (BIRN, By Dusica Tomovic, 20 August 2014) • Balkans: The Balkan Conundrum: Kosovo and Regional Ripple Effects (ISN, By Regina Joseph, 20 August 2014) • Ukraine Rebels Appeal to Serbs to Donate (BIRN, By Ivana Nikolic, 20 August 2014)

STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS • They criticize Vucic, while the state suffers (Politika, By Mirjana Cekerevac, 19 Aug 2014) • Ljajic: Sanctions of the West on Russia opportunity for greater Serbian exports (RTS, 19 August 2014) • Chepurin: Serbia must be ready to seize export opportunity (Tanjug, 18 August 2014) • Kosovo Albanian who committed gruesome crimes "is dead" (Tanjug, 19 August 2014) • Heraldist: Dzudzevic’s claim regarding the surname not relevant (Vecernje Novosti, 17 August 2014) STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS • Some Bosnian towns have more voters than residents (Nezavisne Novine, 18 August 2014) • Wahhabis in Bosnia pose a constant international threat (Vecernje Novosti, by S. Misljenovic, 18 August 2014) RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES • Russia’s Agriculture Minister to Meet With Serbian Counterpart This Week (RIA Novosti, By Sergei Guneev, 18 August 2014) • Russia Food Ban Not Bad for All (Wall Street Daily, 18 August 2014) • Balkans once more divided by Erdoðan (Today’s Zaman, 18 August 2014) • Bosnia’s Worst Enemy Is Their Own Government (VICE News, By Eric Fernandez, 19 August 2014)

STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS • North Mitrovica mayor appeals to international community (Tanjug, 17.08.2014) • "EULEX does not affect the court decision" (Danas) • The crisis in Kosovo-Metohija - problems in the dialogue? (Tanjug) • Germany will not set new conditions for Serbia (Tanjug, 18 August 2014) • Gasic: Tensions between Russia and the EU are not our problem (Danas, By Vuk Jeremic, 17/08/2014) STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS • Amfilohije bothered by Montenegro’s policy against Russia (Tanjug/Vijesti) • RS: Youth the NDP against nepotism (Beta) • Croatia sends Ukraine helicopters to fight with Russia! (Novosti, 16 August 2014) RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES • EU tells Serbia not to exploit Russian Embargo (BIRN, 18 August 2014) • Serbia rethinks NIS sale to Gazprom (New Europe, by Kostis Geropoulos, 15 August 2014) • The UAE's shadowy dealings in Serbia (Middle East Eye, by Rori Donaghy, 15 August 2014) • Does religion have role in Bosnia elections? (Al Jazeera, by Mersiha Gadzo, 16 August 2014)