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)