STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS • Nikolic: Serbia committed to reaching a fair and lasting solution for Kosovo (Tanjug) • Interpol’s arrest warrant for Oric issued (RTS) • Bramertz requests revision on Perisic (B92) • Office for Kosovo and Metohija condemns church robbery in Babin Most (Tanjug) STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS • Covic: Implementing Sejdic-Finci not a solution to Croat question (Fena) RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES • Bosnians file 500 applications with European Court of Human Rights (Dalje.com) • FYR Macedonia's coalition split increases risk of early general election (IHS Jane's Country Risk Daily Report) • Macedonian Editor Accused of Ethnic Hate Speech (BIRN)

STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS • Dacic: We want Serbian parliament elections to be organized in Kosovo as well (Beta) • Dacic: Recognition to Serbia’s leadership (Tanjug) • Vulin: The most important is that mayor is Serb (RTS) • Office for Kosovo and Metohija: New attacks against property of Serbs in Kosovo (Blic/Beta) • Pressure on countries that don’t consider Kosovo a state to change stand (Novosti) • Lavrov: Serbia is Russia’s strategic partner (Politika) • New Pre-election Discipline – Staff Hunting (Radio Serbia) STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS • Lagumdzija and Dacic arranging joint session of B&H Council of Ministers and Serbian Government (Fena) RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES • Kosovo, Serbia Say Normalizing Relations Beneficial (RFE/RL) • Snowden, Ashton, Kosovo and Serb PMs proposed for Nobel (EUbusiness) • Russia's Orthodox Culture Warrior Comes To The Aid Of Kosovo's Serbs (RFE/RL) • Vojislav Kostunica, a Very Consistent Nationalist (BIRN) • Serbia Denies Compensation to Tortured Croat Prisoners (BIRN) • Macedonian presidential election set for April 13 (AP) • Early Election Fever Grips Macedonia (BIRN) • 'Suspicious' Macedonian Procurements Increasing, Survey (BIRN)

STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS • Rodic discussed peacekeeping operations with UN officials (Tanjug/Beta) • Vulin: Kosovo Serbs will vote on 16 March (RTS) • Kosovo Serbs to vote at parliamentary elections, but there are still unresolved issues (Novosti) • Serbian-German civil dialogue (Radio Serbia) • Due: United Nations assisting Serbia and the region (Tanjug) STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS • Lagumdzija-Inzko: Decision on Mostar financing must be in citizens’ interests (Oslobodjenje) • Oric and Mandzic ask Izetbegovic for protection (Fena) RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES • North Kosovo on Edge After Serb Leader’s Arrest (BIRN) • Four candidates running for mayor of Kosovo city (Xinhua) • Serbia ‘Cannot Lose’ Croatian Genocide Lawsuit (BIRN) • Unemployment in Bosnia 'peace threat' (World Bulletin) • US Intelligence Deems Macedonia, Bosnia, ‘Volatile’ (BIRN)

STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS • Vucic: We ask that Oliver Ivanovic be released (Radio Serbia) • Odalovic: Elections in Kosovo according to the 2012 model (RTS) • Arrests cause unnecessary uncertainty (Tanjug) • Rakic and Ivanovic mayoral candidates for Kosovska Mitrovica (Novosti) • Dikovic and Farina discuss security situation in Kosovo (Blic) Conde: New rapporteur for Kosovo (Tanjug) • Ljajic: Serbia can’t lose (B92) • Tadic leaves DS (RTS) STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS • Radmanovic received Serbian Ambassador to B&H (Fena) • Georgievski: There is need of a compromise with Greece (Utrisnki Vesnik) • It is no business of the U.S. to interfere in name issue (Nova Makedonija) RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES • Serbia to hold early polls on March 16 (AFP) • Serbia Progressives Demand Probes of Opponents' 'Crimes' (Balkan Insight) • An early general election (The Economist) • Repeating past mistakes (European Voice) • Market Report, "Bosnia-Herzegovina Business Forecast Report Q1 2014", Published (SBWIRE) • Macedonia Govt Accused of Hiding Debts (BIRN)

STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS • Nikolic signs decision to slate parliamentary elections (RTS) • Dacic, Patriarch Irinej discuss current political situation (Tanjug) • Ivanovic’s arrest destabilizing northern Kosovo (Radio Serbia) STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS • Serbian Prosecution conducting investigation against Oric (RTS) • Colak: B&H doesn’t extradite its citizens (Dnevni Avaz) RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES • Kosovo Serb politician Oliver Ivanovic arrested over war crimes (BBC) • Serbian Ex-Minister Accuses Vucic of Blocking Reforms (BIRN) • Former Bosnian Serb army commander Mladic attends his trial at the ICTY at The Hague (Reuters) • Scars, Visible and Invisible, in Bosnia (New York Times Blog) • Kosovo, FYROM and NATO (Neoskosmos)