Body of convicted war criminal Ratko Mladic flown to Serbia for funeral
Serbia plans military honours and a funeral for Ratko Mladic as officials warn tens of thousands may attend and security will be a major challenge.
- On Thursday, President Aleksandar Vucic announced that the body of Ratko Mladic arrived in Serbia from The Hague, with soldiers carrying the casket to a military hospital.
- Mladic died last week while serving a life sentence for genocide and war crimes, convicted by the United Nations International Criminal Tribunal for orchestrating the 1995 Srebrenica massacre and the 43-month siege of Sarajevo.
- Authorities predict "tens of thousands" will attend the funeral scheduled for Monday in a Belgrade suburb, creating what Vucic called a "demanding" security task for police and state agencies.
- European Union Enlargement Commissioner Marta Kos criticized state honors, stating glorification of war criminals "has no place in the European Union," while Croatian Prime Minister Andrej Plenkovic warned such actions could close the door to EU membership.
- The situation reflects Serbia's complex political balance between EU integration and domestic nationalism, as the region remains ethnically divided more than three decades after the war, with Mladic remaining a revered figure among many voters.
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The convicted war criminal remains hugely popular in Serbia. The Croatian prime minister says Serbs have no chance of EU membership until they face the butcher's true legacy.
The body of the deceased Bosnian Serb army leader and war criminal Ratko Mladic has arrived in Serbia. A memorial service is scheduled for Saturday at the army's "cultural house" in the center of the capital, Belgrade. Mladic will not receive a state funeral. This afternoon, the body was handed over to the family at Rotterdam Airport. Mladic was flown to Belgrade on a Serbian government plane. His son Darko Mladić flew with him, as did Serbian …
Serbia: The former general is expected to be buried in Belgrade on Monday. The Serbian government previously hinted that the funeral will be accompanied…
The body of former Serb general Ratko Mladic, who died last week while serving a life sentence for genocide and other atrocities...
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