STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS • UN principles to be respected (Radio Serbia) • Kosovo Serbs to ask for guarantees if they are part of the new government in Pristina (Novosti) • Kosovo without footnote in the Venice Commission (Politika) • Parliament debates participation in peacekeeping operations (Tanjug) • Gasic: UN missions strengthen Serbia’s reputation (RTS) • Serbian MPs support participation in UN peacekeeping operations (RTS) • Wilhelm: Dialogue with Pristina ended isolation (B92) STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS • Cvijanovic and Afanasiev discuss government measures for recovery of damages (Srna) • SNSD, DNS and SP to have joint candidates (Nezavisne novine) • Kebo withholds consent for Budimir decision (Oslobodjenje) RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES • A Challenge for Kosovo: Justice for All (Balkan Insight) • Lukashenka Says Serbia Must Strike Balance Between East, West (RFE/RL) • Balkan ‘Dysfunctional' Govts Blamed For Democratic Failings (BIRN) • Macedonia Minister to Resolve Albanian School Name Row (BIRN)

STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS • Talks on sending Serbian Armed Forces’ medical teams to missions in Africa (Tanjug) • Vucic: It was important for the Serbs to take part in elections (RTS) • Djuric congratulates Kosovo Serbs on high responsibility (Novosti) • Drecun: Serbs listened to government’s call (RTS) • Jablanovic: 52.000 Serbs voted at Kosovo elections (Tanjug) • Serbia might join seven new UN peacekeeping missions (Tanjug) STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS • Vucic to meet Dodik in Belgrade (Srna) RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES • Snap parliamentary vote in Kosovo tests EU efforts to help Balkan state normalize Serbia ties (AP) • Serbia indicts four for Milosevic-era journalist murder (Reuters) • Serbia: the Internet under censorship attack (Osservatorio Balcani e Caucaso) • Serbia Suspends Works on South Stream Project Over Bulgaria’s Stance (RIA Novosti) • Montenegro Poll Re-Runs Leave Djukanovic Win Intact (BIRN) • Macedonian Prime Minister Reveals New Cabinet (BIRN) • Turkey pledges to help rebuild Bosnia after floods (Today’s Zaman)

STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS • Serbian Government calls residents of Kosovo and Metohija to vote (Radio Serbia) • Office for Kosovo and Metohija: Serbs in northern Kosovo and Metohija will respond to government’s invitation to take part in elections (Tanjug) • Marko Djurisic: Good decision (Beta) • Djordje Milicevic: Unity among Serbs most important (Beta) • Four scenarios towards the EU (RTS) STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS • Cooperation of Balkan armies continues (Tanjug/Fena) • Dodik: Let B&H be on the blacklist, but we don’t give RS jurisdiction (Fena) RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES • Kosovo Serbs join last-minute campaign (Balkan Insight) • Website hit in Serbia plagiarism row (BBC) • Macedonia: President of the opposition party, Zoran Zaev to meet Euro Commissioner Stefan Fule (FOCUS News Agency) • Macedonia mulls new elections for vacant seats (Balkan Insight)

STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS • Vucic: Government will recommend participation in elections (Tanjug) • Serbian list to participate in elections after all (Politika) • Remains of at least 34 persons exhumed in Rudnica (Politika) • Strong support to Western Balkan countries (Beta) STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS • Cvijanovic: EU ready to redirect funds to assist flooded areas (Srna) • Radmanovic not to attend concert of the Vienna Philharmonics in Sarajevo (Tanjug) RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES • Kosovo Serb Bastion Shuns Looming Election (BIRN) • Croatia Spends 3.7m Euro on Serbia Genocide Case (BIRN) • Bosnia floods unearth grim wartime mass grave (Reuters) • Bosnian Serb Chief Blocks Money Laundering Laws (BIRN) • Macedonian PM Denies Role in 'Corrupt' Bank Sale (BIRN) • Bulgaria and FYR Macedonia are the best countries to invest in the Balkans- Source (Balkans news) • Independent Scotland Must 'Join The EU Queue' Behind Serbia, Macedonia, Says Cameron (The Huffington Post)

STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS • Vucic: Talks on Kosovo elections (RTS) • Nikolic with Lidington on participation of Serbs in Kosovo elections (Politika/Radio Serbia) • Serbs south of the Ibar will vote, but not those in north Kosovo and Metohija (Politika) • Vulovic: No conditions for elections in Kosovo and Metohija (Beta) • Djuric: Government to do everything to return displaced Serbs to Kosovo and Metohija (Tanjug) • Dacic: Serbia committed to admission to the EU (Beta) • Gasic with UN representatives on estimates of flood damages (Tanjug) STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS • Bevanda: Problem of not passing the law has been ongoing for over a year (Srna) • Austrian government to donate 500,000 Euros to Serbia and B&H respectively (Oslobodjenje) RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES • Vucic Tells Kosovo Serbs Not to Boycott Election (BIRN) • Serbian PM demands OSCE apology over allegations of censorship (Reuters) • Big Promises, Few Details, in Kosovo Election Campaign (BIRN) • Kosovo: time for a restart between Pristina and the north? (SwissInfo) • Coal-Fired Plant in Kosovo Tests World Bank Clean-Air Pledge (Bloomberg) • Serbian University Denies Interior Minister 'Plagiarism' (BIRN)