STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS • Vucic-Putin talks in Moscow (Politika) • Serbia obtained the best conditions for the South Stream from Russia (RTS) • Djuric: Peace Park to stay in Kosovska Mitrovica (Tanjug) • Miscevic: Screening of 20 chapters completed (Blic) STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS • Sorensen: EU will continue to assist B&H (Nezavisne novine) • Tegeltija: Maintain achieved level of judicial independence (Srna) • Turkish war ships banned from entering Neum (Fena) RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES • Vucic Tightens Serbia's Russia Ties in Moscow (BIRN) • Balkans home to nearly half of media freedom violations (Index on Censorship) • Gazprom subsidiary awarded South Stream deal (UPI) • 10th annual peace march starts in Bosnia-Herzegovina (World Bulletin) • Retrial Demanded in Macedonia Mass Murder Case (BIRN)

STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS • Dacic invites ECOSOC members to donors’ conference (Tanjug) • Vucic: We wish to join the EU, but not to the detriment of our relations with Moscow (Politika) • Odalovic: Excavations in Rudnica should continue next week (Tanjug) • Vekaric: Important to establish a court to investigate into KLA war crimes (Politika) • Kosovo Serb representatives examining tactics for Kosovo Assembly constitutive session (Novosti) • Donors’ conference for Serbia and B&H on 16 July (RTS) STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS • Izetbegovic to be SDA candidate for B&H Presidency, Salkic candidate for RS President (Fena) RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES • The big Serbian information shutdown (New Internationalist) • Russia Rushes To Seal Ukraine-Bypassing Gas Pipeline: Lavrov Pays Bulgaria A Visit (Zero Hedge) • Izetbegovic to re-run in Bosnian presidential election (www.aa.com.tr) Bosnia Raises New Indictments Against Wartime Fighters (BIRN) • Bosnian Serb Soldier Acquitted of Kljuc Killings (BIRN) • Reeling from the floods, Bosnians' anger surfaces (DW) • ‘Fascist’ Croatian Flag ‘Sparked Clashes with Serbs’ (BIRN)

STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS • Only ten Serbs in the Kosovo Assembly (Politika) • What are the consequences of the decision to admit Kosovo in the Venice Commission (Novosti) • Finances Committee accepts Serbian government report on floods (Beta) STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS • Zlatkovic: RS to adopt new regulation (Srna) • Tadic to be SDS’ presidential candidate and Bosic prime minister candidate in RS (Nezavisne novine) • EU, USA, OSCE, NATO: Everyone is entitled to protest, but not to engage in violence (Republika) RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES • Debt-laden Serbia braces for painful reforms (Agence France-Presse) • Serbia, Hungary and Bulgaria make energy commitments (energyglobal.com) • Serbia Urged To Adopt New Security Agency Law (BIRN) • Bosnian Serb wartime camp chief sentenced to 15 years (Agence France-Presse) • Bosnia floods unearth war graves (Agence France-Presse) • Bosnia's flood clean-up brings a hazardous wrinkle: land mines (Christian Science Monitor) Ratko Mladic’s Soldiers ‘Only Defended Their Homes’ (BIRN) • Macedonia Protest Unrest Leaves 20 Police Injured (BIRN) • Croatian Government Authenticates Anti-Cyrillic Petition (BIRN)

STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS • Dacic: Serbia is appreciated worldwide (Radio Serbia) • Platinum Wolf 2014 exercise underway in Bujanovac (Tanjug) • Seselj demands damages due to unfounded detainment (Beta) • Italy presents a new program of EU presidency (Beta) STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS • Bosnia’s EU bid supported by 77.8 percent of citizens (Oslobodjenje) • Prices in RS higher 100 percent (Nezavisne novine) RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES • Kosovo Opposition Lines Up Against Thaci (BIRN) • Bid to Sack Bosnia Ministers Condemned as ‘Pointless’ (BIRN) • Macedonia Prosecutor Slammed Over PM ‘Bribery’ Case (BIRN) • Croatia EU Anniversary Passes Without Economic Progress (BIRN) • Opinion: Disillusionment on Croatia's first EU anniversary (Deutsche Welle)

STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS • Dacic: Kosovo is not SEECP member (Tanjug) • Belgrade claims international procedures respected, EU claims it received the request, and Pristina claims that 72 hours didn’t pass (Politika) • Road blockade ends in northern Kosovska Mitrovica (Tanjug) • Serbian government gives conditional guarantees for Seselj (Beta) STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS • Gratitude to the UN for assistance during floods (Srna) • Floods, a big challenge for RS (Srna) • Lagumdzija: My dismissal not top of my priorities at the moment (Oslobodjenje) RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES • Serbian Politician Banned from Entering Kosovo (BIRN) • US-Turkish Bechtel-Enka wins $820M deal in Kosovo (AP) • Kosovo to Recount Ballots in 51 Polling Stations (BIRN) • Hungary vows to support Serbia's EU integration efforts (Xinhua) • Hungary to build its part of South Stream (The Associated Press) • We find it hard to believe that Germany will blame Serbia for this’ (The Irish Times) • World Bank to lend Bosnia $100 mln to cope with flood damage (Reuters) • Montenegro Police Vow to Prevent Attacks on Media (BIRN)