STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS

• Dacic: London and Berlin do not intend to set new conditions (RTS/Beta)
• Elections in Kosovo, campaign and anti-campaign (RTS)
• Request for election material to be without Kosovo coat of arms (Politika)
• Inquiry Board for Kosovo and Metohija established numerous abuses (B92)
• Metropolitan Amfilohije to Kosovo Serbs: Do not turn out for elections that legalize violence (NSPM)

STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS

• Greece offers name solution in New York (Dnevnik)
• Covic: Final linkage of two HDZs possible (Oslobodjenje)

RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES

• Serbia Defence Minister Aleksandar Vucic visits UAE (WAM)
• In Bosnia, the ghosts still have no resting place (Mercatornet.com)
• Macedonian Reporter's Trial Worries EU, Howitt Says (BIRN)
• Croatia Confirms Ex-Minister’s WWII Killing Charges (BIRN)
• Aleksandar Tijanic, ex-Serbian government minister who headed state TV, dies at 63 (AP)

STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS

• Djuric: Announced arrest of Vulin – provocation (RTS)
• Pantic: If election material is not neutral in status, Serbs won’t turn out for elections (Tanjug)
• Office for Kosovo: Arrests intimidating Kosovo Serbs (Novosti)
• Petkovic: Disgraceful silence reigns in Constitutional Court (RTS)

STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS

• Inzko: Overcome the standstill (Glas Srpske)

RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES

• Davutoglu says Erdogan’s Kosovo remarks misunderstood in Serbia (Trend AZ)
• ...and now, with Serbia, too (Today’s Zaman)
• Western Balkans and Turkey: new opportunities for EU enlargement, by Linas Linkevicius and Stefan Füle* (Today’s Zaman)
• Serbia’s Rating Kept at Junk by S&P With Negative Outlook (Bloomberg)
• Serbia’s Payout to Tortured Albanians Challenged (BIRN)
• Bosnian activists erect ‘guerilla memorials’ to war crimes victims (Reuters)
• Large mass grave found in Bosnia, mostly Muslims (Ahlul Bayt News Agency)
• 268 Victims’ Remains Found in Bosnia Mass Grave (BIRN)
• Turkish Deputy PM visits Bosnia and Herzegovina (World Bulletin)
• Unity does the ultimate trick (Reuters)
• Serbia buries Tito's widow, the last symbol of Yugoslavia (The News International)

STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS

• Serbian Government: Erdogan’s statement a gross infringement of international law (RTS)
• Vucic: I am coming to Kosovo with Vulin (Beta)
• Pantic: Elections must be neutral in status (RTS)

STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS

• Dzaferovic: Sarovic’s dismissal assumes reconstruction of complete Council of Ministers (Oslobodjenje)

RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES

• IMF to consider extending, enlarging Bosnian standby deal: IMF official (Reuters)
• Census: Bosnia's population shrunk by 500,000 (Mina)

STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS

• Nikolic: Support to Serbia for UN SC not to recognize independence of Kosovo (Radio Serbia)
• Dacic: Very successful cooperation between Serbia and the UN (Tanjug)
• Erdogan: Kosovo is Turkey! (Novosti)
• Hundreds of displaced already voted (Beta)
• Lebanon: Decorations for Serbian soldiers in UN mission (Beta/Tanjug)

STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS

• Dacic: Relations in region improving (BHT1)
• Sorensen: EU has no “paper” (Fena)
• Cvijanovic-Daviddi: Optimism that compromise will be reached in B&H Federation (Srna)

RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES

• Romania and Serbia Cross Swords Over Vlach Symbol (BIRN)
• Boycott or betrayal? Kosovo Serbs torn over key election (EU business Ltd)
• Polls Won't End 'North Kosovo Saga', Report Says (BIRN)
• Slovenia supports Bosnia-Herzegovina's bid for EU: FM (Azeri Press Agency)
• Bosnian Serbs Force Out 'Disloyal' Minister (BIRN)
• Macedonian Judiciary is Independent - from Justice (Balkan Insight)

STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS

Vulin: You must love Serbia, but you must also listen to it (Politika)
Drecun: Presence of Serbian officials crucial for elections (Tanjug)
First election materials for Kosovo elections arrived to Kraljevo (Tanjug)
DSS convention in Nis: “No to Kosovo elections” (RTS)

STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS

B&H participated in the international operation “Elenika” (Fena)

RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES

Half Kosovo Serbs May Shun Elections, Report Says (Balkan Insight, 23 October 2013)
Serbia tries austerity despite warnings (SAPA, October 22 2013)
Serbia's state-owned Postanska to take over assets of Privredna Banka Beograd (Reuters, 22 October 2013)
Serbia and Croatia Claim They Are Mature To Leave the Past Behind. Are they?
(Euinside.eu, October 2013, By Adelina Marini)
Bosnian soccer success sets example for healing ethnic divide (Reuters, 22 October 2013, By Daria Sito-Sucic)
'9 January Bosnian Serbs Day is discrimination' (World Bulletin/News Desk, 23 October 2013)
Croatia could be forced to take economic measures (NewEurope, 21 October 2013)