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)