STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS • Dacic in Luxembourg: We expect a positive decision from EU Council (RTS) • Ljajic: Support to “Srpska”, high turnout important (Tanjug) • Polls full of the dead (Novosti) • Provisional Assembly of AP Kosovo and Metohija reiterated call to Serbs not to go to polls (Tanjug) STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS • Sorensen submits progress report: There is no common vision on future of B&H (Fena) • Daviddi: Europe will not propose solution for Sejdic-Finci (Srna) • Finci: We didn’t take even one step forward (Oslobodjenje) RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES • Negotiations with Serbia can pull neighbouring states into accession swirl (EurActiv) • EFAC deeply concerned over Bosnia (World Bulletin) • Macedonian EU accession progress 'as far away as ever' (The Parliament) • Tito’s Shield (dissidentvoice.org)

STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS • Drecun on Dacic’s visit to Kosovo (Tanjug) • Pantic: Serbs have no other choice (B92) • Nedeljkovic dismissed by Serbian Government (B92) • Kostic: World to prevent election theft (Novosti) STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS • EU seriously concerned with situation in B&H (Dnevni Avaz) • Radoncic: I think we are very close to a solution (Srna) RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES • Will Serbia be next? (New Europe) • Croatia Opposition Accused of Stirring Up Intolerance (BIRN) • Visa-free agreement between Russia, Bosnia and Herzegovina comes into force (Voice of Russia/Interfax/TASS) • Bosnian police arrest 8 war crimes suspects (AP)

STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS • Ljajci: Vulin illegally entered Kosovo and Metohija (Politika) • Chepurin: We will not be bigger than Serbs than you (Novosti) STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS • Sorensen met with representatives of the SDA, SBB and HDZ 1990 (Oslobodjenje) • Eduard Kukan, MP in the EP: Desperate for good news from B&H (Dnevni Avaz) • Bevanda insists on passing a coordination mechanism (Srna) • Vigenin and Venizelos dance sirtaki over the name (Dnevnik) • Greece, Bulgaria set the barrier again (Utrinski Vesnik) RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES • Kosovo: 10 Albanians Jailed For 'Terror' (RFE/RL/AP/AFP) • Serb Central Bank Cuts Rates as Inflation Returns to Target Band (Bloomberg) • Belgrade Awaits Post-‘Coup’ Provisional Rule (BIRN) • Serbia’s Nis Urged to Honour Wartime Hero (BIRN) • Albania: Marijuana Village (Deutsche Welle)

STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS • Nikolic: Unresolved issues on Kosovo elections (RTS) • Ministers call Serbs to turn out for local elections (RTS) • Support to Serbs pending local elections in Kosovo and Metohija (RTS/Tanjug) • Patriarch personally called Serbs to vote (Politika) • Samardzic: Belgrade still under EU control (Tanjug) STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS • Post-census survey to follow (Srna) • Radmanovic: Responsibility for “Sejdic-Finci” on Sarajevo and on Brussels (Srna) • New round of name issue talks to take place next week (Dnevnik) • Fule: ‘Name’ issue bridge to EU (Utrinski Vesnik) RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES • Serbia, Croatia Presidents: War Still Troubles Relations (BIRN) • Serbians to travel to the UAE for loan talks (7daysindubai.com) • Bosnian Serb Ex-Minister Stanisic Demands Release (BIRN) • Brussels Slates Montenegro’s War Crime Trials (BIRN)

STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS • Dacic: Most favorable EC report so far (Radio Serbia/RTS/Tanjug/B92) • Serbia finds unacceptable reduction of international presence in Kosovo and Metohija (Novosti) • Simic: Kosovo elections biggest challenge (RTS) • A Thorn in the Eye (Politika) STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS • Covic: Sejdic-Finci not a solution to Croat question (Fena) • RS Constitutional Court: Bosniak request for protection of national interest on gravesites law entering into procedure (Oslobodjenje) RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES • EU Urges Serbia Progress With Kosovo as Entry Talks Loom (Bloomberg) • Serbia Rightists Slam Patriarch on Kosovo Polls (BIRN) • Macedonian Opposition Denounces 'Political' Arrest (BIRN)