STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS

• Serbia-EU talks opened (RTS)
• Dacic: EU accession process does not concern Kosovo status (Tanjug)
• Miscevic: Negotiations with EU, and what follows (RTS)
• Fule: No time to relax (Tanjug)
• Djuric: EU is not a dogma or an ideology, but it is in Serbia’s interest (Novosti)
• Lavrov: Russia must do everything for stability in the Balkans (Beta)

STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS

• Covic: Two electoral units in B&H Federation acceptable (FTV)
• Nimetz to speak before EP (Utrinski Vesnik)

RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES

• Serbia starts EU membership talks (EUobserver)
• Bringing Serbia in from the cold? EU talks begin (CNBC)
• Serbs See Future Alongside Former EU Foes After Bloody Past (2) (Bloomberg)
• Serbia secures 150 million euro boost from EIB (Reuters)
• IMF, Serbia to discuss new loan deal in March: IMF (Reuters)
• Serbia to reconsider labor law in face of union opposition (Reuters)
• European court ruling belongs to legal arena: appellants (Xinhua)
• Montenegro Removes Graffiti Mocking Srebrenica Massacres (BIRN)

STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS

• Dacic: If things go wrong with Kosovo, then things will also go wrong with the negotiations (B92)
• Vucic: Goal to complete EU accession-related work by 2018 (Beta)
• Screening for Chapter 35 – a day after the inter-governmental coneference (Tanjug)
• Djuric : Pantic’s act shall not affect the formation of the Union of Serb Municipalities (Tanjug)
• Manzo: No one asks Serbia to recognize Kosovo (RTS)
• Davenport: I expect Serbian citizens to feel changes in the course of negotiations (RTS)
• Framework contains 31 points (Novosti)
• Kosovo Serbs to vote for Serbian parliament (Novosti)
• Washington: Elections are Serbia’s internal issue (Tanjug)

STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS

• Coalition of associations of refugees condemns pressure on Serbs in Croatia (Beta)
• Dodik adheres to earlier position on Sejdic-Finci (Srna)
• US call for name issue solving (Utrinski Vesnik)

RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES

• MEPs see progress after Serbia-Kosovo agreement (New Europe)
• Bosniak NGOs ask Croatian president to take action against his adviser (Dalje)
• Bosnia Census Problems Raised at IWPR Event (IWPR)
• Critical Macedonian Weekly Faces ‘Draconian’ Fine (BIRN)

STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS

• Vulin: Elections in Kosovska Mitrovica to be held as soon as possible (RTS)
• Stefanovic slates Belgrade assembly elections for 16 March (Beta)

STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS

• Constitutional Court unblocks B&H Federation (Fena)
• Nimetz not to report to EP Committee on Foreign Affairs (Vecer)
• 62.4% of Macedonian citizens do not support name change (Utrinski Vesnik)

RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES

• Fitch Downgrades Serbia Ratings to B+ (Wall Street Journal)
• Serbia downgrade may fuel calls for election (Reuters)
• EU Delegation in Bosnia welcomes FBiH Constitutional Court decision on FinMin case (Balkans.com)
• Turkish Deputy PM in Bosnia to open Izetbegovic memorial house (World Bulletin)
• Macedonia Name Logjam 'is Reality', Minister Says (BIRN)
• Montenegro Papers Protest Against Media Attacks (BIRN)

STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS

• Dacic condemned Janicijevic’s murder, offers help in investigation (RTS)
• Vulin: Murder is blow to dialogue and safety of citizens (Tanjug)
• Serbia begins accession talks on 21 January (Tanjug)
• SDPS submits draft law that would punish Serbian citizens who take part in wars abroad (Tanjug)
• Kostunica: Serbia needs early parliamentary elections (Novosti)
• EP adopts resolution on Serbia (Beta)

STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS

• B&H, most ministers per capita (RTS, RTRS correspondents)

RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES

• Serbia makes progress in privatisation corruption probe (Southeast European Times)
• Serbian restitution deadline approaching (JTA)
• Medical Tender Angers Macedonia Opposition (BIRN)
• Montenegro Urged to Probe Media Attacks (BIRN)

STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS

• Dacic: Unity in battle against crime (RTS)
• Djuric’s arrest increases tensions between Vucic and SPS (Politika/Novosti)

STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS

• Fule to visit Sarajevo on 17 January (Srna)
• SDP expects series of meetings on implementing Sejdic-Finci (Fena)

RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES

• Serbian ex-security men held over Milosevic-era killing of journalist (Reuters)
• Bosnia may lose IMF funds after regional finance minister sacked (Reuters)
• Macedonia Tops Balkan Economic Freedom List (Balkan Insight)
• Croatia, Slovenia Demand Facts About Tito’s Safe (Balkan Insight)