STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS • Vulin: Brussels agreement means return of Serbs to Kosovo and Metohija (TV Pink) • Drecun: Formation of Union of Serb Municipalities as soon as possible (RTS) • Ruzic: Serbia not to face any unpleasant surprises on 21 January (Beta) • No agreement between EU and Serbs on holding sessions (Tanjug) STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS • Dodik: Refusal to accept RS leads to rejection of B&H (Oslobodjenje) RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES • Macedonia, Serbia Mull Sharing Overseas Embassies (BIRN) • Kosovo: EU Demands Will Set Agenda (BIRN) • Bosnia offers 28 police to UN mission in S. Sudan (World Bulletin) • Was Croatia's European Face only a Mask? (EUinside)

STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS • Nikolic: Serbia can have a better government (TV Prva) • Dacic: Crucial formation of Union of Serb Municipalities; I’m not afraid of elections (RTS) • Patriarch Irinej: Kosovo, a horrible place of existence (Tanjug) • Pantic: I expect formation of Union of Serb Municipalities in February (Tanjug) • Kurkulas: Serbia could progress fast in EU accession (Beta) • Deniau: Serbia could become EU member in 2020 (Tanjug) • Serbian citizens’ opinion poll: Brussels agreement the most important event (Politika) • SDF: Survival of Serbian minority in Croatia called in question (Radio Serbia) STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS • B&H offers delegation of 28 more police to UN peacekeeping mission in South Sudan (Oslobodjenje) • Inzko writes to Covic: Ban on executive functions no longer in force (Onasa) • Covic: Past year exceptionally demanding (Srna) RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES • Serbia: Economic Woes Will Overshadow Joy Over EU (BIRN) • EU to end EULEX mission in September, government of Kosovo to negotiate a new mission (Balkan Independent News Agency) • International photographers document everyday life in Kosovo (Deutsche Welle) • Prayers for Erdogan to Be Held across Bosnia (Novinite)

STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS • Dacic: Elections not a priority (B92) • Vucic: Nikolic doing a good job, no complaints about Dacic (RTS/Kurir) • Only an Albanian suspected of the massacre in “Panda” (Politika) • Office for Kosovo and Metohija: We demand urgent reaction to the theft of a water pump (Tanjug) STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS • House of Peoples adopts proposal for B&H institutions budget (Oslobodjenje) • Dodik: Independence national goal for RS (Srna) • Vujanovic: Future of Montenegro and Serbia in partnership (Pobjeda) • Vucic: Polite and normal Serbia not so far anymore (Dan) RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES • Former UN Kosovo envoy Hans Haekkerup dies (AP) • Macedonia Parties Sift Presidential Options (BIRN) • A Europe Without a Future (Strategic Culture Foundation)

STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS • Vulin: Serbs have final word in Kosovo and Metohija (RTS) • Serbian Political Scene – Serbia in 2013 (Radio Serbia) • The year 2014 replete with challenges (Radio Serbia) STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS • Dodik: B&H Court and Prosecution permanently illegal (Srna) RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES • Kosovo: Serb Election Turnout Makes History (BIRN) • Seven Bosnian Former Soldiers Arrested over Wartime Killings (Agence France Presse) • 2013 in Bosnia ‘A Year of Missed Chances’ (BIRN) • Macedonia: In the Shadow of a Political Crisis (BIRN) • Bomb targets Montenegrin newspaper critical of government (Reuters)

STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS • Dacic: Problems in Kosovo solved every day (Tanjug) • Vulin: Pristina trying to slow down forming of Union of Serb Municipalities (RTS) • Vulin: 2014 – year of stabilization for Kosovo Serbs (Novosti) • Bishop Teodosije: Serb heritage important issue (Beta/Jedinstvo) STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS • Dodik: RS shows stability in year full of challenges (Oslobodjenje) RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES • Santa gangs rob jewelry shops in Albania, Kosovo (AFP) • 8 Bosnian war victims identified (World Bulletin) • Izetbegovic blames SDP for chaos in Bosnia (Hina) • Creeping towards fascism? Croatia tests European (The Conversation)