STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS • ROSU searched the court in Strpce (Beta) • Raids and detentions in Strpce (RTS/Tanjug) • Vulin and Udovicic banned from visiting Kosovo and Metohija (Tanjug) STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS • Covic: Security system in B&H doesn’t function (Fena) • RS cabinet accepts wording of permanent residence bill (Srna) • Reshetnikov: New model for B&H already created in Brussels and Washington (Srna) RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES • Serbia Rightists Back Russian Moves in Ukraine (BIRN) • Bosnian Serbs Push Through Own Residency Law (BIRN) • Macedonia Parties Mobilize Ethnic Supporters (BIRN)

STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS • Dacic: Historical accounts to be settled, but the process not to be politicized (Beta) • Ljajic certain Serbia will not lose (RTS) • Petrovic: Ready for Union of Serb Municipalities (Blic) • Popovic: Kosovo’s development possible only without Brussels (Beta) • SRS activists arrested for putting posters (Novosti/Beta) • Kasoulides: Serbia will not have to recognize Kosovo (Tanjug) • Austrian soldiers end activities in northern Kosovo (Tanjug) • War of leaders but not programs (Radio Serbia) STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS • Oral debate begins in Croatia-Serbia dispute (Tanjug) • Obradovic: Storm – most serious crime in war in Croatia (Beta) • Croatian Justice Minister: Croatia can’t lose (RTL/NovaTV) RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES • Serbian Parties Take Campaign to Kosovo (BIRN) • Serbia’s Vucic Goes From Milosevic Aide to EU Cheerleader (Bloomberg) • At UN's highest court, Croatia accuses Serbia of genocide, underscoring lingering tensions (AP) • Turkey seeks to mend ties with Serbia (Today’s Zaman) • Bosnia-Herzegovina: corruption protests fuel a potential political spring (Euronews)

STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS • Djuric: Formation of Union of Serb Municipalities crucial for Serbia (RTS) • Veselinovic under house arrest (Tanjug) • SDP Civic Initiative requests Serbian government to freeze Brussels talks (RTS) • Constitutional Court annulled decree on cadastre for Kosovo (Politika) • Constitutional Court decision in effect only within six months (Danas) • Agreement on postal traffic with Pristina (Novosti) STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS • Dodik: Serbs will never observe 1 March as holiday (Srna) • Poposki: Brussels agreement improved relations between Macedonia and Serbia (Politika) RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES • Serbian deputy PM condemns arrests of Serbs (Xinhua) • Hateful Message on Kosovo Church Condemned (BIRN) • Kosovo and Montenegro Close to Border Deal (BIRN) • US Blames Serb Hardliners for North Kosovo Violence (BIRN) • Demonstrations follow years of political promises to improve Bosnia and Herzegovina's economy (USA Today) • Bosnian Serb Leader Slates Veterans' Protest (BIRN) • Exclusive: Mole Who Met Bin Laden Killed by Al Qaeda in Bosnia (NBC News) • Macedonia Albanians Demand Early Elections (BIRN)

STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS • Vucic: Serbs in Kosovo will survive and be safe (RTS) • Serbian parliamentary parties to conduct election campaign in Kosovo and Metohija (Novosti) • Final CIK results confirm Rakic’s victory (Tanjug) • Djuric: Kosovo elections are not an obstacle to Union of Serb Municipalities (Beta) • Oliver’s 30 days in prison (Politika) STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS • B&H – toughest issue in Balkans (Srna) • CoE delegation warns B&H Constitutional Commission (Fena) RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES • Serbian Officers’ Trial for Kosovo Killings Opens (BIRN) • Opinion: The depressing paradox of Bosnian protests (Kashmir Times) • Karadzic Demands a Year to Prepare Closing Statement (BIRN) • 10th death anniversary of former Macedonian president marked (Xinhua) • Macedonian Albanian Joins Presidential Race (BIRN) • Politics By Other Means: Balkan NGOs Breed MPs (BIRN)

STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS • Albanians part of the government in Kosovska Mitrovica? (Novosti) • Kostunica: Harmful road towards the EU (Tanjug) • Zukorlic: It is easier with a strong Turkey (Beta) STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS • Citizens protesting for 20th day on streets throughout B&H; conclusions of Plenum of Citizens of Sarajevo accepted (Beta) • Radmanovic: Large demonstrations on 1 March (Beta) • B&H: They are trying to seize RS jurisdiction (Novosti) • B&H: Associates of terrorists discovered (Glas Srpske) • Map without Serb victims in B&H (Novosti) RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES • Serbia and the EU: an uphill struggle (European Voice) • Female Bosnian Croat Fighter Accused of Death Cover-Up (BIRN) • Bosnia-Herzegovina is a failed utopian experiment (Journal Pioneer) • Bosnia: The European unrest we should be talking about (Salon) • The western Balkans are in danger of sliding backwards (The Statesman) • Montenegro Government Faces No-Confidence Motion (BIRN) • Montenegro: Mafia as Guarantor of Euro-Atlantic Integration (Global Research)