STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS • Nikolic: I will slate elections in accordance with the Constitution (Tanjug) • Government proposed dissolution of parliament (RTS) • Selakovic: Belgrade to request data on detention of Oliver Ivanovic (B92) • Vulin: Government requests Ivanovic to be released (Tanjug) • Office for Kosovo condemns desecration of the church in Laplje Selo (Tanjug) STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS • Zukorlic: I’m thinking of running for RS presidency (FTV) • Macedonia to join NATO when name dispute is settled (Dnevnik) RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES • Serbia's Government Formally Urges Early Vote (AP) • Serbia to hold early elections to boost ‘legitimacy for reform’ (EurActiv) • Serbian ruling party agreed to seek an early parliamentary election (World Bulletin) • Nikolic Envoy Urges Serbs in Montenegro to Unite (BIRN, by Dusica Tomovic, 28 January 2014) • Hagel, Serbia's Defense Minister Discuss Enhanced Defense Cooperation (American Forces Press Service) • Ratko Mladic condemns war crimes tribunal as satanic (Telegraph)

STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS • Vulin: Elections will not hinder negotiations (RTS) • Office for Kosovo and Metohija condemns ban to Vulin (Tanjug) • Government appoints temporary president of interim body in Kosovska Mitrovica (Tanjug) • DS: Vucic to say why he wants elections (Blic) • Tadic creating bloc prior to elections without DS? (Novosti) • Kostunica: Serbia should be a politically neutral country (Beta) • Jovanovic: First interlocutor will not be from the ruling party (Tanjug) • Solidarity for Kosovo: Completion of documentary in Serb parts of Kosovo and Metohija (Tanjug) STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS • Dacic attends with Gruevski St. Sava Academy (Tanjug) • Slavka Draskovic: Silent assimilation and low birth rate of Serbs in FYROM (Tanjug) • Linta: Daniel Srb’s statement represents hate speech towards Serbia (Tanjug) • They hate everything Serbian (Novosti) • Lajcak: Amending B&H Constitution isn’t more difficult than Kosovo issue (Nezavisne Novine) RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES • Serbian ruling party agrees to seek early election (Reuters) • Serb Ruling Parties Call for Early Vote to Shake Up Cabinet (Bloomberg News) • Serbia hopes to conclude EU negotiations by 2020 (New Europe) • Bosnian Serbs Plan Gavrilo Princip Monument (BIRN) • US Official Visits Macedonia Amid Pre-Poll Tensions (BIRN) • Macedonian Media Law Changes Cautiously Welcomed (BIRN)

STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS • Nikolic: Serbia tied its destiny to EU (RTS) • Fico presents Dacic with keys to the EU gate (Radio Serbia/Tanjug/Beta) • Vulin: Europe isn’t mentioning UN membership for Kosovo (Novosti) • Djuric: Nothing should be requested of Serbia that is not in accordance with Constitution (Tanjug) • Belgrade representatives submitt cadastral documents to Zbogar (Radio Serbia) STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS • Raguz with Sorensen, Daviddi: Agreement on Sejdic-Finci certain (Oslobodjenje) RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES • Serbia ‘Unhappy’ Over Top Yugoslav Officials’ Jailing (BIRN) • Serbian Fighters Demand Acquittal Over Kosovo Killings (BIRN) • Bosnia Changes Law to Call 2014 Elections (Balkan Insight) • Bosnian Consul in Row Over Serb Entity Celebration (BIRN) • MEP warns against 'backsliding' on Macedonia (The Parliament) • Greece tells Macedonia it must 'accept European values' (EurActiv) • Republic of Macedonia – back to Yugoslavia? (EurActiv) • Montenegro Journalists Call for Attacks to Stop (BIRN) • Serbian-language school in Albania is a sign of improving relations (Southeast European Times)

STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS • Elektrodistribucija: Northern Kosovo owes 12 million Euros to Serbian Power Industry (Blic) • Brussels hiding the cards (Novosti) • Final judgments for Sainovic, Pavkovic, Lazarevic and Lukic (RTS) • Dikovic attends meeting of Euro-Atlantic partnership committee (Politika) • Croats request that Serbia pays war reparation (Novosti) • Serb National Council: Ministry damaged Serbs (Novosti) STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS • Kosovo introduces visas for B&H (Dnevni Avaz) • McGuffie: EU will continue to help political leaders (Srna) • Word “genocide” removed from Bosniak monument (Fena) RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES • Serbia's largest party eyes early election (Reuters) • Serbian leftist parties protest over EU talks (World Bulletin) • The list of EU membership hopefuls (DPA) • EEAS looks to draw back from Kosovo (European Voice) • EU should not bow to pressure from Kosovo (European Voice) • UN court trims sentences of 3 senior Serbs for orchestrating Kosovo atrocities (AP)

STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS • Nikolic: Openly about chapters; we will never recognize independent Kosovo (B92/Beta) • Vulin expects understanding regarding screening of Chapter 35 (Tanjug) • Belgrade counts on new political elite (Danas) • Who is delaying investigation into the fate of missing Serbs in Kosovo and Metohija? (Radio Serbia) STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS • Sorensen: Elections are necessary for all (Srna) • Bevanda: Start of Serbia’s EU accession talks can have positive effect on B&H (Fena) • B&H holds regional record with 183 political parties (Dnevni Avaz) RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES • Serbian EU Entry Talks Pose Challenging Path With Kosovo Key (2) (Bloomberg) • Serbia kicks off EU membership talks, sets 2020 as target for completion (DPA/AFP/ AP) • Serbian Prosecutor Urges Harsh Sentences for Kosovo Killings (BIRN) • Macedonian Albanians Demand 'Consensus' President (BIRN)