STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS • Next battle for Serb community (Novosti) • Vulin: Unity is the key word (RTS) • EU without firm decision on negotiations with Serbia (Novosti) STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS • Fule: Model for election of delegates in the House of Peoples agreed (Srna/TV1) RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES • EU-Serbia: inclusivity important in accession process (PR europa) • Kosovo hardliners win top posts in local polls (AFP) • Seselj Demands Dismissal of Trial (IWPR) • Shell, Bosnia region to soon start talks on oil exploration (Reuters) • Bosnia And Herzegovina: Gang Kingpin And Accomplices Sentenced For Murder, Trafficking (Hetq.am) • Unfreezing the Balkans (Global Post)

STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS • Odalovic: Serbs demonstrated that they trust the state (RTS) • Mihajlovic: Forming of Union of Serb Municipalities most important (TV Pink) • Djuric: Conditions created for formation of Union of Serb Municipalities (RTS) • Pantic: Serbia’s victory (Novosti) • Mayors will be key leaders (Danas) • Petkovic: Kosovo Serbs, unlike the government in Belgrade, didn’t recognize false state of Kosovo (RTS) • Roberts: Permanent solution for Kosovo would be division or exchange of territories (Politika) • Jurisic sentenced to 12 years prison, again (RTS/Tanjug) STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS • Fauske: B&H potential threat to international peace (Oslobodjenje) • International community pushes Greece for Macedonia’s NATO membership (Utrinski Vesnik) RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES • Kosovo returns to polls after violence-marred election (AFP) • Russian Diplomat’s ‘Monkey’ Jibe Angers Montenegro (BIRN) • Serbia Has No Choice But to Build South Stream (Natural Gas Europe)

STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS • Mihajlovic: Serbia will not give up resources in Kosovo and Metohija (RTS) • Vulin: Next agreement in Brussels on property issues (Tanjug) • Djuric continues visit to Britain (Tanjug) • Boljevic: If Serbia accepts EU request to withdraw its courts from Kosovo it will recognize independence of Kosovo (Beta) • People’s Party doesn’t recognize results of local Kosovo elections (Danas) • Adoption of a draft resolution on parliament’s role in EU accession (Radio Serbia/Danas/Novosti) • Breedlove: KFOR reduction depends on situation in northern Kosovo (Tanjug) STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS • Preparations completed for possible political agreement on Sejdic-Finci (Dnevni Avaz/Fena) • Lagumdzija: Unfounded statements on Arab incursion (Fena) RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES • Serbia's Fiscal Council Demands Tougher Budget (BIRN) • Dagong downgrades Serbia's credit rating outlook (Xinhua) • Macedonia ‘Collaborator’ Hunt Faces Political Deadlock (BIRN)

STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS • Both Pantic and Ivanovic announcing victory in Mitrovica (Politika) • Stefanovic: Union of Serb Municipalities guarantees survival of Serb people in Kosovo and Metohija (RTS) • Serbian list candidates detained (Tanjug) • Serbs united in Novo Brdo (Radio Serbia) • Lagumdzija: B&H-Serbia relations improving (Tanjug) STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS • Radoncic: Arabs should be banned to purchase real estate in B&H (BH Radio) • Ban for all flags, except the Montenegrin (Politika’s correspondent in Podgorica) RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES • EU Serbia Talks May Start December, Ambassador Says (BIRN) • Serbian bid to house asylum seekers foiled after barracks burnt down (Reuters) • Josip Simunic and Croatia: Fifa opens proceedings (BBC) • Bosnia region’s president charged with abuse of office (Reuters) • Bosnia, in Peril Once More (New York Times)

STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS • Dacic: Minority rights respected in Serbia (RTS) • Vulin: Kosovo will not receive UN membership (Tanjug/B92) • Mirovic: We will help Serb municipalities in Kosovo and Metohija (Tanjug) • Book on Kosovo by French reporter (Politika) STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS • Expert meeting at technical level without agreement (Oslobodjenje) • Covic: Federal government is illegal and illegitimate (Dnevni Avaz) RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES • Trump Eyes Turning Serbian Army Ruin into Hotel (BIRN) • Serbia Needs More Savings in 2014 to Get IMF Deal: Petrovic (Bloomberg) • Bulgaria’s far-right Ataka asks territories in Serbia, Macedonia to be returned to Bulgaria (Focus News Agency)