STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS • Vulin: Government insists on release of all Serb detainees pending trial (RTS) • SLS calls Kosovo Serbs to vote for Vucic (Politika/Beta) • Pelevic: Why was border set at Jarinje (Politika) • The Brussels disagreement (NIN) STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS • Ashton’s clear message to B&H officials expected (Nezavisne Novine) RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES • Serbia set to swallow bitter pill after snap election (Reuters) • Kosovo to form army 15 yrs after war, Serbia reacts (Anadolu Agency) • Gerhard Schröder finds understanding with Putin (Zeitonline) • Croatia v Serbia: The International Court of Justice (The Economist) • An assassin divides his native Bosnia 100 years on (Reuters) • Croatia Ex-President presents 'Dayton 2' for Bosnia (Balkan Insight)

TORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS • Dacic: Brussels agreement didn’t abolish right of Serbs to vote (Novosti) • Dacic : Belgrade and Pristina to resume dialogue after elections (Tanjug) • Vulin: Elections to be held in Kosovo and Metohija as in 2012 (Novosti) • Serb political representatives demand transfer of Ivanovic (RTS/Tanjug) • Raska-Prizren Eparchy concerned about Oliver Ivanovic (RTS) • Borislav Pelevic on a hunger and thirst strike at Jarinje crossing (Politika/Tanjug) • Election duel: SNS vs DSS (Danas) STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS • Dodik: There will be no “Dayton 2” (Srna) • B&H Border Police and Directorate for Police Coordination (Oslobodjenje/Patria) • Obradovic: Croatia’s thin evidence (RTS) RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES • Devastated Serbia economy puts hope in election and reform (AFP) • Kosovo national team cause a stir by posing with guns before first ever international fixture (The Independent) • Serbia Asks FIFA to Scrap Kosovo Friendlies (Balkan Insight) • Serb Fighters in Crimea Deserve Jail, Minister Says (Balkan Insight) • The Balkans Watch Ukraine, But See Themselves (Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty) • Sovereignty vs. Self-Rule: Crimea Reignites Battle (New York Times) • U.S. Hypocrisy on Crimean Secession Move: Washington Supported Breakup of Sudan and Yugoslavia (TruthDig) • Ukraine: the next Bosnia? (The Australian) • Suspect arrested in arson of presidential building in BiH (Xinhua) • Bosnian leader: 'Protests reveal immediate amendment' (Anadolu Agency) • Bosnia Turmoil and EU: Economics, Politics and Disillusion (Voice of Russia)

STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS • UN: International forces in charge of security in Kosovo (Novosti) • Next agreement with Prisitina on property (Politika) • Jablanovic: Pristina hampers formation of Union of Serb Municipalities (Beta) • DSS leader banned entrance according to law on foreign citizens (Novosti) STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS • Additional inter-ethnic tensions should be avoided (Oslobodjenje) • RS cabinet adopts bill on residence (Srna) RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES • Kosovo to create national army of 5,000 soldiers (Reuters) • War crimes verdicts improve Kosovo-Serbia relations, experts say (Southeast European Times) • Rivals Battle For Third Place in Serbia Election (Balkan Insight) • Future coalition question hangs over Serbia’s March 16 election (The Sofia Globe) • Serbia wins $1bn Abu Dhabi loan (Reuters) • Where West failed, people power spurs change in Bosnia (Reuters) • Ukrainians, take it from a Bosnian: the EU flag is just a rag in the wind (The Guardian) • Montenegrins in Kosovo Seek Official Status (BIRN)

STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS • Serbian Government requests UN SC session (Tanjug) • Serbs in north Kosovo threat to cease cooperation with the EU (RTS) • Dacic: Serbia will provide assistance to Ukraine if necessary (Tanjug) • Reaping the Kosovo seed in the Crimea (Novosti) • President Nikolic on a visit to Tunisia (Radio Serbia) STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS • Niksic, Sorensen: Set of anti-corruption laws again under procedure (Fena) • HDZ B&H, HDZ 1990, HNS agree on joint approach to RS elections (Oslobodjenje) RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES • Serbia Calls EU to Help Release Kosovo Serbs (BIRN • Serbia Parties Lure Foreign Guests to Campaign (BIRN) • Serbia to launch a Balkan power exchange in third quarter 2014 (Reuters) • The undeluded going astray in Bosnia (TransConflict) • Time to Try a Third Way in Bosnia (BIRN) • Croatian Ex-President Urges New 'Dayton' For Bosnia (BIRN) • Macedonia's lawmakers dissolve parliament, early vote likely in April (Reuters)

STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS • Dacic: Ivanovic to be released pending trial (Radio Serbia) • Letter of the prisoner from cell 09 (Politika) • Samson: Indonesia maintains principled stand on Kosovo issue (Tanjug) • Journalist Robert James Parsons on hidden UN report on consequences of bombing of Serbia (Novosti) STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS • Arrest warrant for Oric withdrawn (Klix.ba) • Security situation in B&H very complex and delicate (Fena) • Dodik: Referendum on independence possible but not now (Nezavisne Novine) • U.S. Embassy: We are not violating the RS constitutional order (B&H agencies) RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES Serbia Accused of ‘Coordinated Killing’ in Croatia (BIRN) Serbia's central bank sells 50 million euros to bolster dinar – statement (Reuters)