STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS

• Dacic secretly meets member of Bitiqi family (Blic)
• Serbia asking for EU guarantees that financing of Union will not be blocked (Novosti)
• Ivanovic: Health Ministry has state-building relationship (Tanjug)
• Successful screening in Brussels (Radio Serbia)
• Prosecution requests 15 years of prison for Ilija Jurisic (Politika/Tanjug)

STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS

• Bevanda appoints minister and deputy ministers (Srna)
• EP rapporteur offers positive resolution on Macedonia (MKD)

RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES

• Swiss envoy: Serbia doesn't need to join NATO (UPI)
• Yugoslav Commander Denies Staging Deadly Kosovo Attacks (BIRN)
• Kosovo Parties Get Ready for Run-Off Polls (BIRN)
• UN tribunal's president visits Bosnian mass grave (AP)
• Macedonian Opposition Unveils Economic Goals (BIRN)

STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS

• Dacic: No need for normalization to be part of all chapters (Politika)
• Vulin: Essential for Serbian list to win in second round (Tanjug)
• Djurovic: To demand report on investigation into organs trade (Beta)
• Local elections in Kosovo (Radio Serbia)
• Germany and Britain insist that Kosovo be included in all negotiating phases (Novosti)
• Ljajic: We will not lose the lawsuit with Croatia (RTS)

STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS

• Majkic: Destroyers of former state celebrate its holidays (Politika’s correspondent in Banja Luka)
• United Macedonian Diaspora calls Merkel to recognize constitutional name (Vecer)

RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES

• Serbia leader calls Gazprom pipeline vital (AP)
• Serbian radicalist Vojislav Šešelj requests 12 mln euros from ICTY (RAPSI)
• Approval of Bosnia's Federation 2014 budget draft by Dec 9 to condition next IMF loan tranche – PM (Hispanic Business’ Finance Channel)
• Macedonia Electoral Roll in Line for Clean-up (BIRN)

STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS

• Pristina looks for a shortcut in vain (Novosti)
• Pristina can’t take a shortcut to the UN (Politika)
• Obradovic: Croatia’s lawsuit will be rejected (Tanjug)
• New investigation on murder of Bitiqi brothers (Blic)
• Lost in Dayton (Danas)

STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS

• Every fifth Bosnian pays bribes (Dnevni Avaz, report by UNODC)

RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES

• Bosnia prosecutor seeks re-arrest of war criminals (AP)
• Bosnia and IMF move closer to stand-by deal extension, final approval expected by year-end (Hispanic Business’ Finance Channel)

STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS

• Dacic: Advanicing relations with India (RTS)
• Rodic, Osmic: Boosting B&H-Serbia military-economic cooperation (Tanjug)
• Six steps towards Union of Serb Municipalities (Novosti)
• Kostunica: Political neutrality or the EU (Danas)

STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS

• Eighteen years of Dayton Accord (Fena/Srna)
• Waser meets SDA and HDZ B&H officials (Oslobodjenje)

RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES

• Kosovo, Serbia PMs Trade Blame Over Poll Violence (BIRN)
• Serbian Prosecutor Vows to Clear the Road to Justice (BIRN)
• Bosnian court trims sentence for US embassy gunman to 15 years (Reuters)
• Bosnian Serb Chief Says Country Should Split (BIRN)
• Justice and Crime to Dominate Montenegro-EU Talks (Analitika.me/RTCG)

STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS

• Dacic: Union of Serb Municipalities will not resemble RS (RTS)
• UN ambassadors: Belgrade-Pristina 14:10 (Politika)
• Vulin: Victory of Serbian list guarantor for Union of Serb Municipalities (RTS)
• Elections to be repeated in Zvecan (Tanjug)
• DSS: Where will Serbian judges in Kosovo and Metohija take oath (Politika)

STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS

• Dodik: RS is a state whether someone likes it or not (Srna)
• Radoncic: Negotiations going slowly but in a positive direction (Fena)
• Jasarevic to remain behind bars for 15 years (Dnevni Avaz)

RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES

• Serbs still find it hard living in Kosovo (Deutsche Welle)
• Kosovo pays a heavy toll for lack of reliable energy (The Guardian)
• Serbia: Mogul Denies Embezzlement And Tax Evasion Accusations (Hetq Online)
• Bosnian war crimes court frees 10 convicts, orders retrials (Reuters)