STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS • Dacic-Brammertz: Cooperation between Serbia and ICTY Prosecutor’s Office at a high level (RTS) • Vucic-Brammertz: No open issues between Serbia and ICTY (Radio Serbia) • Report on Serbia’s cooperation with ICTY positive (Tanjug) • Djuric: Brussels meeting to give answers regarding elections (Radio Belgrade) • Ruzic: Implementation of Brussels agreement continues (Danas) • Ashton: Elections according to plan for the most part (RTS) • Zbogar: Possible repetition of elections at three polling stations in northern Kosovo (Tanjug) • Chitaku on a private visit to Presevo (B92) • Farewell ceremony for soldiers joining peacekeeping mission in Lebanon (Novosti) STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS • House of Peoples of B&H Parliamentary Assembly: SDS members dismissed (Srna) RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES • North Kosovo Polls to Be Discussed in Brussels (BIRN) • Serbia plans to borrow 5.8 bln euros next year, trim subsidies (Reuters) • An interview with the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Bosnia and Herzegovina (theytypewriter.org) • Croatian deputy PM: Croatia joins EU for "blueprint" (Xinhua)

STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS • Preliminary results (Tanjug/Politika/Novosti) • Vulin: Boycott failed (RTS) • Vukomanovic: Despite incidents in northern Kosovo, Union of Serb Municipalities “conceived” (RTS) • Stefanovic requests urgent session of Kosovo Committee (Beta) • Gaon: Election material from three polling stations annulled (B92) • OSCE does not want to cancel Kosovo elections (Blic) • Kostic: Union of Serb Municipalities to be formed as soon as possible (Radio Serbia) STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS • SIPA found 500 shells near Tesanj (Srna) RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES • Kosovo vote marred by violence, boycott (Reuters) • Violence and low turnout mar key local elections in Kosovo (AFP) • Violence fails to stop first ever Kosovo-wide election (EUobserver) • Kosovo's long goodbye to the status quo (Al Jazeera) • Sadly, the North Kosovo election boycott worked (Trending Central.com) • Serbia needs British model to crush hooliganism – Borovcanin (Reuters) • Serbs dig in and refuse to recognize Kosovan independence (insideworldfootball.com) • Bosnian mass grave feared record size (New York Times)

STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS • Vulin calls Serbs to turn out for Kosovo elections (Radio Serbia) • Selakovic: Who doesn’t support “Srpska” doesn’t support Serbia (RTS) • V4 commends Serbia’s foreign policy (Novosti) • Government withdraws from parliament procedure three agreements with Turkey (Beta) • U.S. wants implementation of agreement on Kosovo visits (Tanjug) STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS • Fule claims progress achieved (Fena) • Different assessments of the success of the meeting in Budapest (Srna) RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES • EU urges high turnout in Kosovo vote, increases funding (EUbusiness) • Kosovo elections key in Serbia EU entry talks (EUbusiness) • Serbia becomes ECOSOC member (Itar-Tass) • New mass graves raise hope for the missing in Bosnia (AFP)

STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS • Dacic: Serbia has strategic interest in restoring good relations with UK (Tanjug) • Vulin: Vucic’s visit to Kosovo particularly important (Beta) • “Republic of Kosovo” symbols removed from election material, Belgrade calls to polls (Novosti) • OSCE: Everything according to plan regarding Kosovo elections (Tanjug) • DS supports elections in Kosovo and Metohija (RTS) • Most Serbian MPs support Kosovo elections (RTS) STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS • Lavrov, Venizelos discuss on Greek-Macedonian name issue (Utrinski Vesnik) RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES • Progress in Kosovo tested by local ballots (European Voice) • Time for Democratic Change in Kosovo (BIRN) • Kosovo withdraws warrant for Serbian minister ahead of vote (Reuters) • Serbia promises to crack down on 'false' asylum-seekers (UPI) • EU hopeful Serbia builds unexpected alliance with Emirates (Reuters) • Bosnian Countryside Scarred with Landmines (Environment News Service) • Rapporteur Detects 'Fear' in Macedonia Media (BIRN)

STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS • Small chances for agreement in Brussels (Tanjug) • Vulin: Boycott – worst choice (Novosti) • 140,000 Serbs have the right to vote at Kosovo elections (Politika) • Election material neutral or boycott in the north (Politika) • DSS conveys to Chepurin stand on Kosovo elections (Radio Belgrade) STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS • Bosniaks constitute 54% of Bosnia’s population? (Dnevni Avaz) • Greece wants Macedonia to be divided into Greater Albania, Great Bulgaria (Dnevnik) RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES • Greece Proposes “Slavo-Albanian Macedonia” for FYROM? (Greece.GreekReporter.com) • Bosnian Foreign Minister: Turkey is our home as well (World Bulletin)